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Screening for DSM‐IV externalizing disorders with the Child Behavior Checklist: a receiver‐operating characteristic analysis
Author(s) -
Hudziak James J.,
Copeland William,
Stanger Catherine,
Wadsworth Martha
Publication year - 2004
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.1469-7610.2004.00314.x
Subject(s) - cbcl , child behavior checklist , psychology , conduct disorder , proband , receiver operating characteristic , attention deficit hyperactivity disorder , logistic regression , checklist , univariate , clinical psychology , psychiatry , developmental psychology , medicine , multivariate statistics , statistics , biochemistry , chemistry , mathematics , cognitive psychology , mutation , gene
Background:  This study examines the diagnostic accuracy of the CBCL syndrome AS scales for predicting DSM‐IV Attention Deficit‐Hyperactivity Disorder (ADHD) and Oppositional Defiant Disorder with or without Conduct Disorder (ODD/CD). Methods:  The sample included 370 children (187 probands and 183 siblings) participating in a family genetic study of attention and aggressive behavior problems. Univariate and stepwise logistic regression analyses were used to derive models for predicting two diagnostic conditions: ADHD and ODD/CD. Results:  The Attention Problems syndrome significantly predicted ADHD, and ODD/CD was significantly predicted by the Aggressive Behavior syndrome. Both scales demonstrated good diagnostic accuracy, as assessed through receiver operating characteristics analyses. Cut‐point analyses confirmed the utility of low T ‐scores, 55 on the respective syndromes, for efficiently discriminating cases from noncases. Conclusions:  CBCL syndromes display good diagnostic efficiency for assessing common externalizing disorders in children.

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