Assessment of Behavioral and Emotional Strengths in Black Children: Development of the Behavioral Assessment for Children of African Heritage

Lambert, Michael; Rowan, George T.; Kim, Soyoun; Rowan, Scott A.; An, Jeong Shin; Kirsch, Elizabeth A.; Williams, Olivia

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“…Lambert et al [75] developed and studied internal consistency and structural and content validity of the Behavioral Assessment for Children of African Heritage (BACAH). This is an instrument on behavioral problems based on teacher, parent and self-reports, specifically developed for Black American youths.…”

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Instruments Measuring Externalizing Mental Health Problems in Immigrant Ethnic Minority Youths: A Systematic Review of Measurement Properties

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BackgroundLittle is known about reliability and validity of instruments measuring externalizing mental health problems in immigrant ethnic minority youths.AimsTo provide an overview of studies on measurement properties of instruments measuring these problems in immigrant ethnic minority youths, their methodological quality and results.MethodsA systematic review of the literature in MEDLINE, EMbase, PsycINFO and Cochrane Library was performed. Evaluation of methodological quality of studies found was done by using the ‘COSMIN-checklist’. Full text, original articles, published in English after 1990 were included. Articles had to concern the development or evaluation of the measurement properties of self-reported, parent-reported and/or teacher- or clinician-reported questionnaires assessing or screening externalizing mental health problems in immigrant ethnic minority youths. Specific results of analyses on (an) immigrant ethnic minority group had to be given.ResultsTwenty-nine studies evaluating 18 instruments met our criteria. Most studies concerned instruments with known validity in Western populations, tested mainly in African Americans. Considering methodological quality, inequivalences between ethnicities were found, self-reports seemed to perform better, and administration of an instrument influenced reliability and validity.ConclusionIt seems that the majority of instruments for assessing externalizing problems in immigrant ethnic minority youths is currently not sufficiently validated. Further evaluating existing instruments is crucial to accurately assess and interpreted externalizing problems in immigrant ethnic minority youths.

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Instruments Measuring Externalizing Mental Health Problems in Immigrant Ethnic Minority Youths: A Systematic Review of Measurement Properties

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“…Adolescent behavior. The Resilience subscale of the Behavioral Assessment for Children of African Heritage (BACAH) measured adolescent behavioral strengths: 28‐item child and adolescent version (α = .87), 37‐item parent version (α = .93; Lambert et al., 2005). On a 3‐point Likert scale participants rated the degree to which adolescents possessed a variety of positive characteristics.…”

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Tridimensional Acculturation and Adaptation Among Jamaican Adolescent–Mother Dyads in the United States

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A bidimensional acculturation framework cannot account for multiple destination cultures within contemporary settlement societies. We propose and test a tridimensional model among Jamaican adolescent-mother dyads in the United States compared with Jamaican Islander, European American, African American, and other Black and non-Black U.S. immigrant dyads (473 dyads, M adolescent age = 14 years). Jamaican immigrants evidence tridimensional acculturation, orienting toward Jamaican, African American, and European American cultures. Integration is favored (70%), particularly tricultural integration; moreover, Jamaican and other Black U.S. immigrants are more oriented toward African American than European American culture. Jamaican immigrant youth adapt at least as well as non-immigrant Jamaican and U.S. peers, although assimilated adolescents, particularly first generation, have worse sociocultural adaptation than integrated and separated adolescents.

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“…Additionally, adolescents reported their behavioral resilience using the Resilience Scale of the Behavioral Assessment for Children of African Heritage (BACAH, which has 28 items for adolescents and 37 for parents). The BACAH measures global behavioral strengths such as in social relations (e.g., “Get along with younger children”), decision‐making (e.g., “Have good reasoning skills”), and commitment to a healthy lifestyle (e.g., “Involved in exercise and fitness”) on a 3‐point Likert‐type scale ranging from 1 (not true) to 3 (very true or always true) (Lambert et al., ; α = .87 adolescents & .92 mothers ). Finally, adolescents also reported their most recent cumulative grade average (0–100%) using a 6‐point ordinal scale ranging from 1 (“90–100%”) to 6 (“below 50%,” meaning failing given that 50% was the minimum passing grade).…”

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Behavioral and Academic Adjustment of Remotely Acculturating Adolescents in Urban Jamaica

Ferguson

Dimitrova

2019

New Directions for Child and Adolescent Development

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Remote acculturation (RA) is a modern form of non-migrant acculturation toward distant cultures prompted by indirect/intermittent globalization-related cultural exposure. RA theory holds that not only are global cultures now pouring into local neighborhoods, but many youth are also internalizing these remote cultures. How well do they fare? Prior studies in Jamaica and elsewhere have reported that U.S./Western-oriented adolescents exhibit poorer health habits. However, no studies have yet investigated adolescents' behavioral or academic adjustment in the context of RA, whether in Jamaica or elsewhere. Therefore, 245 adolescents and their mothers from high schools in Kingston, Jamaica (M adolescent age = 13.3; M mother age = 40.2) completed questionnaires assessing their RA in terms of behaviors and values, as well as the adolescents' behavioral resilience and grades. SEM analyses revealed that RA was, indeed, linked to adolescent behavioral and academic adjustment in Jamaica. Overall, Jamaican orientation was associated with better adaptation whereas European American orientation was associated with worse.

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Assessment of Behavioral and Emotional Strengths in Black Children: Development of the Behavioral Assessment for Children of African Heritage

Cited by 18 publications

References 28 publications

Instruments Measuring Externalizing Mental Health Problems in Immigrant Ethnic Minority Youths: A Systematic Review of Measurement Properties

Instruments Measuring Externalizing Mental Health Problems in Immigrant Ethnic Minority Youths: A Systematic Review of Measurement Properties

Tridimensional Acculturation and Adaptation Among Jamaican Adolescent–Mother Dyads in the United States

Behavioral and Academic Adjustment of Remotely Acculturating Adolescents in Urban Jamaica

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