Open AccessLithuanian version of Child Behavior Checklist (CBCL 4/18): Some psychometric properties
Author(s) -
Rita Žukauskienė,
Kristina Ignatavičienė
Publication year - 2001
Publication title -
psichologija
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
eISSN - 2345-0061
pISSN - 1392-0359
DOI - 10.15388/psichol.2001..4412
Subject(s) - cbcl , psychology , reliability (semiconductor) , juvenile delinquency , internal consistency , aggression , checklist , anxiety , developmental psychology , clinical psychology , psychometrics , psychiatry , cognitive psychology , power (physics) , physics , quantum mechanics
Achenbach's Child Behavior Checklist (CBCL 4/18) is accepted worldwide for assessment of children competencies and behaviour problems. As with any similar instrument, it is liable to cultural influences, hence requires reliability verification and standardisation of the instrument in particular culture where the instrument is used. This study reports on internal consistency and test-re-test reliability of the CBCL 4/18 in Lithuania, in a school-based sample (n = 2036). The analysis showed that internal consistency of anxiety/depression, withdrawal aggression, delinquency, attention, social and somatic problems scales is sufficient; however, the reliability of thought problems scale is insufficient. Limitations of current study and further steps in standardisation are discussed.