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Prediction of Children's Referral to Mental Health and Special Education Services from Earlier Adjustment
Author(s) -
Koot Hans M.,
Verhulst Frank C.
Publication year - 1992
Publication title -
journal of child psychology and psychiatry
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 3.652
H-Index - 211
eISSN - 1469-7610
pISSN - 0021-9630
DOI - 10.1111/j.1469-7610.1992.tb00907.x
Subject(s) - cbcl , referral , child behavior checklist , psychology , mental health , aggression , population , clinical psychology , percentile , poison control , psychiatry , developmental psychology , medicine , family medicine , medical emergency , statistics , mathematics , environmental health
The 4‐year stability in problem behaviors assessed with the Child Behavior Checklist (CBCL), and their predictive validity with regard to poor outcome variables was studied in 1052 4–12–year old children from a general population sample. Irrespective of sex and age, the scores on [he CBCL of some 44% of the children remained above the 90th percentile over the 4‐year time interval. Externalizing problem behavior tended to show somewhat greater stability than internalizing problem behavior. High initial levels of both internalizing and externalizing problems, and persistence of problems were predictive of referral to mental health services. Referral to special education was higher for younger boys with high initial attention problems and school problems. Police contacts occurred more often in older boys with high initial aggression scores.