Australian normative study of the achenbach child behaviour checklist

Abstract

This study is an Australian replication of the Achenbach and Edelbrock normative study on the Child Behaviour Checklist (1981). Thesample of 1,300children was obtained from Sydney and surrounding suburbs and therefore is urban and metropolitan. Norms for the Child Behaviour Problem scores are considerably higher than for American children. and in general. norms for the total Social Competence scores are lower. "Cut-ofT'percentile equivalents to the American clinical cut-orfs are provided, though it will be necessary to amass an Australian clinical sample before Australian cut-off points can be confidently established.The Child Behaviour Checklist (CBCL) is a standardised questionnaire for parents or caretakers of children aged 4 to 16 years, developed by Achenbach (Achenbach and Edelbrock, 1983). There are parallel forms of this questionnaire, to be filled in by teachers, by direct observers, or by older children themselves, but the parent CBCL has received the most research focus, and is the subject of the present study.The CBCL is presented in two parts. The first is a social competence section designed to measure children's positive adaptive functioning. Parents are asked to nominate the sports, hobbies, clubs, and friendships their child takes part in. and to estimate the amount and quality of these involvements. They are also asked how well their child gets on with parents, peers, and siblings, how well he/she works and plays alone, and the quality of the child's scholastic achievement.The second section of the CBCL contains 118 items describing a broad range of problem behaviaur which the parent is asked to check on a 3-point

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