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Parents’ description of conduct problems in their children – A test of the Eyberg Child Behavior Inventory (ECBI) in a Swedish sample aged 3–10
Author(s) -
AXBERG ULF,
JOHANSSON HANSE JAN,
BROBERG ANDERS G.
Publication year - 2008
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/j.1467-9450.2008.00670.x
Subject(s) - psychology , confirmatory factor analysis , clinical psychology , normative , sample (material) , test (biology) , psychometrics , developmental psychology , structural equation modeling , statistics , paleontology , philosophy , chemistry , mathematics , epistemology , chromatography , biology
The Eyberg Child Behavior Inventory (ECBI) is a widely used 36‐item uni‐dimensional parent rating scale constructed to measure disruptive behavior problems in children. However, in an American sample a 22‐item version, including three subscales, has been suggested in order to increase the usefulness of the ECBI. Two studies were conducted to test the ECBI in a Swedish sample ( N = 841). The aims of Study I were (a) examine the psychometric properties of the ECBI (b) to investigate the correspondence between mothers’ and fathers’ ratings, and (c) to obtain Swedish norms. The aim of Study II was to test the suggested three‐factor solution in the Swedish sample using a confirmatory factor analysis (CFA). The ECBI showed good psychometric properties also in the present study, and Swedish normative data is presented. The best‐fitting CFA‐model was identical to the previously suggested three‐factor model, which thus might be a useful alternative to the 36‐item version.