Test–retest reliability and criterion validity of the Chinese version of CBCL, TRF, and YSR

Abstract

Clinicians should be cautious about score/case attenuation at retest while using CBCL, TRF, and YSR to chart patients' progress. They should also recognize their different strengths in screening various disorders.

Relations of Parenting and Temperament to Chinese Children’s Experience of Negative Life Events, Coping Efficacy, and Externalizing Problems

“…The CBCL and TRF scales are appropriate for ages 4 through 18 years and have satisfactory internal consistency (αs > .80) and test -retest reliability (rs > .80) in large-sample epidemiological studies with Chinese youth aged 6 -11 years (Leung et al, 2006;Liu et al, 1999Liu et al, , 2000. Leung et al (2006) 4.7% (parents' reports) or 5.0% (teachers' reports) of the children in the present sample had clinically significant externalizing problems. The BPI externalizing scale includes 11 items, all of which are represented in the CBCL and TRF externalizing scales.…”

“…The CBCL and TRF externalizing scales include two subscales: (a) rule-breaking behaviors (e.g., "Break rules at home, school or elsewhere") and (b) aggressive behaviors (e.g., "Cruelty, bullying, or meanness to others"). The CBCL and TRF scales are appropriate for ages 4 through 18 years and have satisfactory internal consistency (αs > .80) and test -retest reliability (rs > .80) in large-sample epidemiological studies with Chinese youth aged 6 -11 years (Leung et al, 2006;Liu et al, 1999Liu et al, , 2000. Leung et al (2006) found that CBCL/TRF externalizing scales predicted clinical diagnoses of oppositional defiant disorder/conduct disorder in Chinese children in Hong Kong.…”

“…The CBCL and TRF scales are appropriate for ages 4 through 18 years and have satisfactory internal consistency (αs > .80) and test -retest reliability (rs > .80) in large-sample epidemiological studies with Chinese youth aged 6 -11 years (Leung et al, 2006;Liu et al, 1999Liu et al, , 2000. Leung et al (2006) found that CBCL/TRF externalizing scales predicted clinical diagnoses of oppositional defiant disorder/conduct disorder in Chinese children in Hong Kong. Using the cut off t score of 60 (recommended by Leung et al, 2006), 4.7% (parents' reports) or 5.0% (teachers' reports) of the children in the present sample had clinically significant externalizing problems.…”

“…Leung et al (2006) found that CBCL/TRF externalizing scales predicted clinical diagnoses of oppositional defiant disorder/conduct disorder in Chinese children in Hong Kong. Using the cut off t score of 60 (recommended by Leung et al, 2006), 4.7% (parents' reports) or 5.0% (teachers' reports) of the children in the present sample had clinically significant externalizing problems. The BPI externalizing scale includes 11 items, all of which are represented in the CBCL and TRF externalizing scales.…”

A Longitudinal Investigation of the Associations Among Parenting, Deviant Peer Affiliation, and Externalizing Behaviors: A Monozygotic Twin Differences Design

“…On a 3-point scale of 0 (not true), 1 (somewhat or sometimes true), and 2 (very true or often true), adolescents indicated the extent to which they had committed specific behaviors in the past six months at the T1 and T2 assessments (␣ = 0.92 at both assessments). This measure was translated into Chinese and used widely in previous research (e.g., Leung et al, 2006). Parents responded to the Children Behavior Checklist (CBCL; Achenbach & Rescorla, 2001) to measure their children's problem behaviors (␣ = 0.92 at both assessments).…”