Achenbach's Child Behavior Checklist and Teachers' Report Form in a normative sample of Greek children 6-12 years old

A Roussos; G Karantanos; C Richardson; C Hartman; D Karajiannis; S Kyprianos; H Lazaratou; O Mahaira; M Tassi; V Zoubou

doi:10.1007/s007870050125

Achenbach's Child Behavior Checklist and Teachers' Report Form in a normative sample of Greek children 6-12 years old

Eur Child Adolesc Psychiatry. 1999 Sep;8(3):165-72. doi: 10.1007/s007870050125.

Authors

A Roussos¹, G Karantanos, C Richardson, C Hartman, D Karajiannis, S Kyprianos, H Lazaratou, O Mahaira, M Tassi, V Zoubou

Affiliation

¹ Attiki Child Psychiatry Hospital, 4 Garefi Street, 115 25 Athens, Greece. alrousou@ath.forthnet.gr

PMID: 10550697
DOI: 10.1007/s007870050125

Abstract

Achenbach's Child Behavior Checklist (CBCL) and Teachers' Report Form (TRF) were administered to 6-12 year old school children comprising a large random community sample (n = 1200) drawn from the whole of Greece. These are the first data on the TRF in Greece and the first nation-wide data on the CBCL. Appropriate cutoff points for the behavioral problems and competence scales of both questionnaires were obtained for boys and girls. These were considerably higher than USA cutoffs for the CBCL but not for the TRF. Analysis of scores in relation to degree of urbanization showed that it was not necessary to define different cutoffs in different strata. Parents' and teachers' ratings of the same child were most highly correlated for Externalizing and Aggressive behavior for boys and for Attention problems for both sexes.

MeSH terms

Child
Child Behavior Disorders / diagnosis*
Female
Greece
Humans
Male
Parent-Child Relations
Psychiatric Status Rating Scales / standards*
Reference Values
Schools
Sensitivity and Specificity
Urban Population