Testing the 8-syndrome structure of the child behavior checklist in 30 societies

Masha Y Ivanova, Anca Dobrean, Manfred Dopfner, Nese Erol, Eric Fombonne, Antonio Castro Fonseca, Alessandra Frigerio, Hans Grietens, Helga Hannesdottir, Yasuko Kanbayashi, Michael Lambert, Thomas M Achenbach, Bo Larsson, Patrick Leung, Xianchen Liu, Asghar Minaei, Mesfin S Mulatu, Torunn S Novik, Kyung Ja Oh, Alexandra RoussosMichael Sawyer, Zeynep Simsek, Levent Dumenci, Hans-Christoph Steinhausen, Christa Winkler Metzke, Tomasz Wolanczyk, Hao-Jan Yang, Nelly Zilber, Rita Zukauskiene, Frank C Verhulst, Leslie A Rescorla, Fredrik Almqvist, Sheila Weintraub, Niels Bilenberg, Hector Bird, Wei J Chen

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Abstract

There is a growing need for multicultural collaboration in child mental health services, training, and research. To facilitate such collaboration, this study tested the 8-syndrome structure of the Child Behavior Checklist (CBCL) in 30 societies. Parents' CBCL ratings of 58,051 6- to 18-year-olds were subjected to confirmatory factor analyses, which were conducted separately for each society. Societies represented Asia; Africa; Australia; the Caribbean; Eastern, Western, Southern, and Northern Europe; the Middle East; and North America. Fit indices strongly supported the correlated 8-syndrome structure in each of 30 societies. The results support use of the syndromes in diverse societies.
Original languageEnglish
JournalJournal of Clinical Child and Adolescent Psychology
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Publication statusPublished - 1 Jul 2007

Other keywords

  • Adolescent
  • Child
  • Child Behavior Disorders
  • Cross-Cultural Comparison
  • Ethnic Groups
  • Personality Assessment
  • Psychometrics
  • Reproducibility of Results
  • Statistics as Topic

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