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Reliability and validity of the eyberg child behavior inventory with African–American and Latino parents of young children
Author(s) -
Gross Deborah,
Fogg Louis,
Young Michael,
Ridge Alison,
Cowell Julia,
Sivan Abigail,
Richardson Reginald
Publication year - 2007
Publication title -
research in nursing and health
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.836
H-Index - 85
eISSN - 1098-240X
pISSN - 0160-6891
DOI - 10.1002/nur.20181
Subject(s) - psychology , ethnic group , clinical psychology , developmental psychology , convergent validity , internal consistency , psychometrics , sociology , anthropology
This study evaluated the reliability, equivalence, and convergent validity of the Eyberg Child Behavior Inventory (ECBI) in 682, 2‐ to 4‐year‐old children. For analysis, parent informants' data were blocked by race/ethnicity (African–American, Latino, non‐Latino White), family income (low versus middle/upper), child's gender, and ECBI language version (English and Spanish). ECBI scales had high internal consistency reliabilities and good convergence with the Child Behavior Checklist/1–5. Some racial/ethnic and income effects were found. There were no mean differences by ECBI language version or by child gender. Using confirmatory factor analysis, a single‐factor invariant model of the ECBI Intensity Scale provided a good fit with the data across racial/ethnic and income groups. Implications for using the ECBI to measure behavior problems in young children of color are discussed. © 2007 Wiley Periodicals, Inc. Res Nurs Health 30: 213–223, 2007