Behavioral and emotional problems reported by parents of children ages 6 to 16 in 31 societies

L. Rescorla; T. Achenbach; M.Y. Ivanova; L. Dumenci; F. Almqvist; S. Weintraub; N. Bilenberg; H. Bird; Weikeng Chen; A. Dobrean; M. Döpfner; N. Erol; E. Fombonne; A. Fonseca; A. Frigerio; H. Grietens; H. Hannesdottir; Y. Kanbayashi; Maja Lambert; B. Larsson; P. Leung; X. Liu; A. Minaei; M.S. Mulatu; T.S. Novik; K.-J. Oh; A. Roussos; M. Sawyer; Z. Simsek; Hans-Christoph Steinhausen; C.W. Metzke; J. Weisz; T. Wolanczyk; Haiying Yang; N. Zilber; R. Zukauskiene; F. Verhulst

doi:10.1177/10634266070150030101

Behavioral and emotional problems reported by parents of children ages 6 to 16 in 31 societies

L. Rescorla, T. Achenbach, M.Y. Ivanova, L. Dumenci, F. Almqvist, S. Weintraub, N. Bilenberg, H. Bird, Weikeng Chen, A. Dobrean, M. Döpfner, N. Erol, E. Fombonne, A. Fonseca, A. Frigerio, H. Grietens, H. Hannesdottir, Y. Kanbayashi, Maja Lambert, B. LarssonP. Leung, X. Liu, A. Minaei, M.S. Mulatu, T.S. Novik, K.-J. Oh, A. Roussos, M. Sawyer, Z. Simsek, Hans-Christoph Steinhausen, C.W. Metzke, J. Weisz, T. Wolanczyk, Haiying Yang, N. Zilber, R. Zukauskiene, F. Verhulst

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This study compared parents' ratings of behavioral and emotional problems on the Child Behavior Checklist (Achenbach, 1991; Achenbach & Rescorla, 2001) for general population samples of children ages 6 to 16 from 31 societies (N = 55,508). Effect sizes for society ranged from .03 to .14. Effect sizes for gender were ≤ .01, with girls generally scoring higher on Internalizing problems and boys generally scoring higher on Externalizing problems. Effect sizes for age were ≤ .01 and varied across types of problems. Total Problems scores for 19 of 31 societies were within 1 SD of the overall mean of 22.5. Bisociety correlations for mean item scores averaged .74. The findings indicate that parents' reports of children's problems were similar in many ways across highly diverse societies. Nonetheless, effect sizes for society were larger than those for gender and age, indicating the need to take account of multicultural variations in parents' reports of children's problems.

Original language	English
Journal	Journal of Emotional and Behavioral Disorders
Volume	15
Issue number	3
Pages (from-to)	130-142
Number of pages	13
ISSN	1063-4266
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1177/10634266070150030101
Publication status	Published - 1. Sept 2007

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Rescorla, L., Achenbach, T., Ivanova, M. Y., Dumenci, L., Almqvist, F., Weintraub, S., Bilenberg, N., Bird, H., Chen, W., Dobrean, A., Döpfner, M., Erol, N., Fombonne, E., Fonseca, A., Frigerio, A., Grietens, H., Hannesdottir, H., Kanbayashi, Y., Lambert, M., ... Verhulst, F. (2007). Behavioral and emotional problems reported by parents of children ages 6 to 16 in 31 societies. Journal of Emotional and Behavioral Disorders, 15(3), 130-142. https://doi.org/10.1177/10634266070150030101

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