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The Yale Children’s Inventory—A screening tool for attention deficits and related disorders. Normative data for boys
Author(s) -
Olafsen K.åre S.,
Sommerfelt Kristian
Publication year - 1999
Publication title -
scandinavian journal of psychology
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.743
H-Index - 72
eISSN - 1467-9450
pISSN - 0036-5564
DOI - 10.1111/1467-9450.00108
Subject(s) - norwegian , normative , psychology , scale (ratio) , clinical psychology , sample (material) , developmental psychology , philosophy , linguistics , physics , chemistry , epistemology , chromatography , quantum mechanics
Norwegian populated‐based normative data on the Yale Children’s Inventory (YCI) were provided for boys. All parents of boys aged 8 through 11 years in the county of Hammerfest received the YCI, and 77% responded. Mean scores on the YCI scales attention, activity, tractability, and fine motor were significantly lower in the Norwegian sample compared to the US normative data. Factor analysis of the 40 scale items yielded factors that corresponded generally well to the YCI scale constructs derived from US samples. We conclude that the scale constructs of the YCI seem to be transferable across these two cultures, but that restandardization is warranted. Further research is needed to establish cut‐off values for clinical screening purposes. The Yale Children’s Inventory has the potential to become a valuable screening tool for behavioral problems at school‐age.