Testing the 8-syndrome structure of the child behavior checklist in 30 societies
Date
2007
Authors
Ivanova, M.
Achenbach, T.
Dumenci, L.
Rescorla, L.
Almqvist, F.
Weintraub, S.
Bilenberg, N.
Bird, H.
Chen, W.
Dobrean, A.
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Journal of Clinical Child and Adolescent Psychology, 2007; 36(3):405-417
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Masha Y. Ivanova; Thomas M. Achenbach; Levent Dumenci; Leslie A. Rescorla; Fredrik Almqvist; Sheila Weintraub; Niels Bilenberg; Hector Bird; Wei J. Chen; Anca Dobrean; Manfred Dpfner; Nese Erol; Eric Fombonne; Antnio Castro Fonseca; Alessandra Frigerio; Hans Grietens; Helga Hannesdttir; Yasuko Kanbayashi; Michael Lambert; Bo Larsson; Patrick Leung; Xianchen Liu; Asghar Minaei; Mesfin S. Mulatu; Torunn S. Novik; Kyung Ja Oh; Alexandra Roussos; Michael Sawyer; Zeynep Simsek; Hans-Christoph Steinhausen; Christa Winkler Metzke; Tomasz Wolanczyk; Hao-Jan Yang; Nelly Zilber; Rita Zukauskiene; Frank C. Verhulst
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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.