Eyberg Child Behavior Inventory (ECBI): Norwegian norms to identify conduct problems in children

Abstract

This article presents the first Norwegian standardization of an assessment tool specifically designed to measure childhood conduct problems. Norwegian norms for the Eyberg Child Behavior Inventory (ECBI) based on data obtained from a random population sample (N= 4063) of children in the age range of 4 to 12 years are presented. The sample was drawn from rural and urban areas within three Norwegian town districts. Clinical and research advantages of having a properly standardized assessment tool for this specific subclass of childhood psychiatric problems in Norway are discussed.

Parents seeking help in child rearing: who are they and how do their children behave?

“…The norm for Norwegian children on the ECBI Intensity scores is 93.0 (SD ¼ 23.6), and on the ECBI Problem scores 3.2 (SD ¼ 4.5). The difference between the Norwegian norm (Reedtz et al, 2008) and the scores in our sample was significant (intensity: t ¼ 7.7, p , 0.001; problem: t ¼ 7.1, p , 0.001). The differences between the current sample and the norm group was medium in size according to Cohen's (1988) criteria for the Intensity score (Hedges' g ¼ 0.…”

“…Also, very few parents of children who do not present any problem behaviours signed up for the study. There were only 6 per cent children with scores below 80 points on the ECBI Intensity scale in this study, whereas the norm study included 30 per cent children with such low scores (Reedtz et al, 2008).…”

“…This may relate to the finding that the children in our study exhibited higher scores on the ECBI Intensity and Problem scale than the Norwegian norm. When comparing the scores on the ECBI in this sample with a representative sample in Norway (Reedtz et al, 2008), the mean score in this study was approximately ten points above the norm, which represents a medium difference according to Cohen's criteria. Since our research team has performed the Norwegian norm study on the ECBI, we have raw data available.…”

Exploring mental distress among immigrant mothers participating in parent training

“…Although all the instruments in this study had a high reliability score and showed high psychometric quality for ethnic Norwegian samples (e.g., Reedtz et al, 2008;Tambs & Moum, 1993), the external and construct validity of these instruments in Somali and Pakistani ethnic minority groups in Norway is unknown. Furthermore, while all the instruments were translated into Urdu and Somali and the interviewers were bilingual, it might be possible that phrases used in the instruments were not culturally relevant to Pakistani and Somali respondents (Bhui et al, 2003;Syed et al, 2006).…”

“…Mothers reported a mean of 99.62 (SD = 37.52, range = 36-224) on the Eyberg Child Behavior Inventory (Eyberg & Pincus, 1999) at baseline, and teachers reported a mean of 7.60 (SD = 8.69, range = 0-37) on the Teacher Report Form (Achenbach & Rescorla, 2001) at baseline. Thirty percent of the children scored within the 90th percentile (clinical range) with respect to child conduct problems based on their mothers' reports and Norwegian norms to identify such child conduct problems (Reedtz et al, 2008). There was no significant correlation between mothers' and teachers' reports (r = .15, n = 0.82, p b .19), which indicates that mothers and teachers co-identified very few children with child conduct problems (Bjørknes & Manger, 2013).…”