To test stability and change in preschoolers’ oppositional defiant problems, John Lavigne and his co-workers (2001) had parents complete CBCLs for 510 preschoolers in 68 Chicago-area pediatric practices. The children were subsequently reassessed with the CBCL and other instruments in…
It has often been reported that children whose mothers are depressed have more problems than children whose mothers are not depressed. This association between mothers’ depression and children’s problems could arise for many reasons. Examples include the effect of maternal…
In a long-term longitudinal study of psychopathology from age 5 to 21, Giaconia et al. (2001) tested age 21 outcomes for participants who had been diagnosed as having major depression or drug disorders at age 18. Most no longer met…
Led by ADHD expert Joseph Biederman, a team of Harvard University researchers tested the stability of CBCL scores obtained over a 4-year interval for boys diagnosed as having ADHD. The boys were initially seen either in a pediatric psychopharmacology program…
Assessment of children must deal with limited agreement among sources of data. For example, correlations between reports by mothers, fathers, teachers, and other informants are typically modest to moderate. The differences between informants’ reports may reflect such factors as differences…
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In a longitudinal study of a general population sample of 332 Dutch children, Judi Mesman and Hans Koot (2001) tested prediction of DSM-IV diagnoses at ages 10-11 from ages 2-3 CBCL ratings, physical health problems, stressful experiences, and family risk…
Using a randomly selected sample of Dutch children, Robert Ferdinand, Marije Blum, and Frank Verhulst (2001) tested the ability of CBCL scores to predict self-reports of high levels of alcohol, tobacco, and drug use obtained on the Young Adult Self-Report…
Robert Laird and colleagues used path analyses to test longitudinal relations between Externalizing problems, peer rejection, and involvement with antisocial peers. Participants were 400 children of diverse SES and ethnic backgrounds assessed at multiple sites. The data included: (a) age 5 CBCL…
Using the Externalizing Scale of the CBCL as a dependent measure, DeVito and Hopkins (2001) reported that preschoolers are likely to manifest externalizing behavior problems when their parents are experiencing marital problems, when parents vacillate between being overly permissive and…
Increasing proportions of military personnel are women, including over 20% of new recruits. Many of these women have children. Although previous studies have assessed the effects of fathers’ deployment on children, Michelle Kelley, Ellen Hock, and colleagues have reported one…
ASEBA forms are completed by many kinds of informants in many settings throughout the world. The CBCL is designed to be completed by people who serve as surrogate parents in institutional settings, as well as by biological, adoptive, and foster…