An Assessment of the Utility of the Child Behavior Checklist/4-18 for Social Work Practice  

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Early, Theresa J. ; Gregoire, Thomas K. ; McDonald, Thomas P.

Jenis: Article from Journal - e-Journal
Dalam koleksi: Research on Social Work Practice vol. 11 no. 5 (Sep. 2001), page 579-612.
Fulltext: 597RSWP115.pdf (188.5KB)

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The objective of this article was to analyze the structure of the Child Behavior Checklist (CBCL), which is often used to measure children’s emotional and behavioral problems. Considering its potential uses in social work, we logically deduced the optimal format for each use. Confirmatory factor analysis of the CBCL problem scales was the method conducted. Three alternative models were also proposed and tested. Data analyzed were parent responses from two clinical samples consisting of 542 children ages 3 to 18 years old living in Oregon or North Carolina. The CBCL author’s eight-correlated-factor model was confirmed. The data also fit the three alternative models to varying degrees. Conclusions reached were that the original model was judged most useful for diagnosis; the one-, two-, and three-factor models all were useful for screening; and individual items were most useful for treatment planning and outcome assessment. Using only the original internalizing and externalizing scores is not recommended.

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