Reliability and Validity of Behavior Problem Checklists as Measures of Stable Traits in Low Birth Weight, Premature Preschoolers

Spiker, Donna; Kraemer, Helena C.; Constantine, Norman A.; Bryant, Donna

doi:10.1111/j.1467-8624.1992.tb01709.x

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“…Overall, the rates of comorbid conditions of particular behavioral problem pairs in the present study ranged from 0.9% to 4.0%, lower than those reported in the USA (10.5-30.2% in children aged [4][5][6][7][8][9][10][11][12][13][14][15][16][17][18]. 14 This discrepancy can be explained by different definitions of comorbidity and the age range of the participants.…”

Section: Comorbid Patterns Of Behavioral Problemscontrasting

confidence: 88%

“…7,11 Parental psychological distress may modify the parentchild relationship at a number of levels and in a reciprocal manner to increase the risk of behavioral problems. 7 The effect of maternal depression on childhood emotional and behavioral problems has been studied the most; 10 this relationship was further supported by a reduction in children's current behavioral symptoms after maternal remission from depression.…”

Section: Maternal Psychological Distressmentioning

confidence: 99%

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Demographic and perinatal factors for behavioral problems among children aged 4–9 in Taiwan

Chiu

Gau

Tsai

et al. 2009

Psychiatry Clin Neurosci

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Aim: To investigate the effects of age, gender, prenatal/perinatal factors, and maternal psychological distress on childhood emotional/behavioral problems, and the gender difference in the patterns of comorbid emotional/behavioral problems. Methods:The sample included 1391 children aged 4-9 in Taipei using a multi-stage sampling method. Their mothers completed questionnaires including demographics, prenatal/perinatal variables, the Child Behavior Checklist, and the Chinese Health Questionnaire. The linear and non-linear mixed model was used for data analysis.Results: Boys scored higher on externalizing problems, and girls scored higher on internalizing problems. Gender also modified the comorbid patterns of emotional/behavioral problems. Aggressive behaviors decreased, but attention and thought problems increased with age. Prenatal/perinatal exposure to alcohol and coffee, vaginal bleeding, and gestational diabetes, low birthweight, and postnatal incubation and resuscitation, and maternal psychological distress predicted the risk for several childhood emotional/behavioral problems. Conclusion:Prenatal/perinatal and maternal care, and gender-specific measures are important for prevention of childhood emotional/behavioral problems.Key words: childhood emotional/behavioral problems, comorbid patterns, maternal psychological distress, prenatal/perinatal factors. C HILDHOOD BEHAVIORAL PROBLEMS are common and related to impairments in selfcompetence and family function.1 Early behavioral problems are predictive of poor adjustment and psychopathology in late adolescence.2 Therefore, it is essential to identify correlates and risk factors of childhood behavioral problems for the delivery of mental health services.Literature has documented more externalizing problems in boys, and more internalizing problems in girls; 3,4 and increased somatic complaints and withdrawal with age for boys, but decreased for girls.

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Section: Comorbid Patterns Of Behavioral Problemscontrasting

confidence: 88%

Section: Maternal Psychological Distressmentioning

confidence: 99%

Demographic and perinatal factors for behavioral problems among children aged 4–9 in Taiwan

Chiu

Gau

Tsai

et al. 2009

Psychiatry Clin Neurosci

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“…The discrepant findings could result from rater bias, that is, mothers having a lower threshold for perceiving or reporting behavior problems in their children than teachers (Spiker, Kraemer, Constantine, & Bryant, 1992). Such an explanation, however, seems less obvious, as several adoption studies showed that findings across mother, teacher, and self-report ratings were consistent (e.g.…”

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The Development and Adjustment of 7‐year‐old Children Adopted in Infancy

Stams

Juffer

Rispens

et al. 2000

Child Psychology Psychiatry

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The present study (N l 159) provides evidence of an increased risk for behavior problems of infant-placed 7-year-old internationally, transracially adopted children in the Netherlands. However, parents reported more behavior problems for adopted boys than for adopted girls. Notably, about 30 % of the adopted children were classified as clinical on the CBCL scale for total problems, which is a much larger percentage than the 10 % found in the normative population. It was suggested that these results could be explained by the operation of multiple risk factors before and after adoption placement, e.g. the child's genetic disposition, pre-natal and pre-adoption care, or the child's cognitive understanding of adoption in middle childhood. Also, results suggest that maternal sensitive responsiveness in adoptive families declines in the transition from early to middle childhood. In contrast to the home setting, the adopted children showed favorable behavioral and socioemotional adjustment at school, while their academic achievement and intelligence were in the normal range or above average. In particular Korean children had high IQs : 31 % of these children obtained an intelligence score above 120. It was suggested that adoptive parents seem to offer their children sufficient or even more than average cognitive stimulation. Furthermore, adopted girls scored higher in optimal ego-control, social competence, and peer group popularity than nonadopted girls from the general population : 30 % of the adopted girls were rated as popular by their classmates, which compares favorably to the 13 % found in the general school population.

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“…Its reliability and validity have been documented in numerous studies (Crawford and Lee, 1991;Achenbach, 1992;Spiker et al, 1992;Leadbeater and Bishop, 1994), including internal consistency, stability, and discriminant and predictive validity. In order to feel more confident about the validity of our mothers' descriptions of their children's emotional and behavioural problems, we correlated the infants' total problem scores on the CBC with their scores for security of attachment from another study within our larger programme of research.…”

Section: Emotional and Behavioural Problemsmentioning

confidence: 96%

Early tactile experience of low birth weight children: links to later mental health and social adaptation

Weiss

Wilson

Seed

et al. 2001

Infant and Child Development

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The purpose of this study was twofold: to determine (1) the degree to which specific qualities of maternal touch may contribute to the low birth weight infant's emotional and behavioural problems as well as social adaptation, and (2) the relationship between maternal touch and a mother's other caregiving behaviour. The sample included 114 socioculturally diverse infants and their mothers who were videotaped during an infant feeding when the baby was 3 months old. This videotape was analysed to assess dimensions of mother-infant interaction, including maternal touch. Data on perinatal risk and the mother's acceptance versus rejection of the infant were also acquired. Social adaptation and emotional/behavioural problems were measured when the child was 2 years of age.Hierarchical regression analyses indicated that maternal touch accounted for 15% of the variance in the likelihood of a child having emotional/behavioural problems at age 2. Children who received more nurturing touch had significantly fewer internalizing problems (such as depression) while children receiving both more frequent touch and harsh touch had more externalizing problems (such as aggressive behaviour). Infants who were less responsive to their caregivers were especially at risk of developing aggressive/destructive behaviour as a result of frequent touch. But less responsive infants also appeared to benefit most from greater use of diverse types of maternal touch, accounting for 6% of the variance in superior adaptive behaviour at age 2. Nurturing touch was the only quality that showed even a modest relationship to other caregiving behaviour, suggesting

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Reliability and Validity of Behavior Problem Checklists as Measures of Stable Traits in Low Birth Weight, Premature Preschoolers

Cited by 33 publications

References 57 publications

Demographic and perinatal factors for behavioral problems among children aged 4–9 in Taiwan

Demographic and perinatal factors for behavioral problems among children aged 4–9 in Taiwan

The Development and Adjustment of 7‐year‐old Children Adopted in Infancy

Early tactile experience of low birth weight children: links to later mental health and social adaptation

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