Because comorbid conduct disorders are associated with the poorest outcomes in children with ADHD, it is important to identify significant predictors of persistent conduct disorders. Biederman et al. (2001) tested predictors of persistent conduct disorders in a 4-year follow-up of…
The CBCL/4-18 and TRF were used in an epidemiological study of 3,344 6- to 16-year-olds in Shandong Province, China (Liu et al., 2000). The 90th percentile on the distribution of Total Problems scores was used as a clinical cutpoint. Compared…
Some studies of children with growth deficiency have found elevated rates of behavioral and emotional problems, whereas other studies have not. The differences in findings might reflect differences in the settings where children were evaluated, differences in the etiologies of…
There is increasing pressure to perform rigorous evaluations of the outcomes of services. The pressure to perform outcome evaluations is especially acute for psychiatric hospitalizations of children because of the severity and life-threatening nature of the disorders, the high cost…
After long neglect, behavioral and emotional problems of preschoolers are receiving increased attention. Because the DSM has provided few categories for early childhood disorders, another system has been developed that is known as the Diagnostic Classification of Mental Health and…
Using a sample of 235 low SES children, Shaw, Owens, Giovannelli, & Winslow (2001) tested the relations between parent-rated problems on the CBCL/2-3 administered when the children were 24 and 42 months of age and DSM-IV disruptive behavior disorder (DBD)…
Dutch researchers (van Goozen, Matthys, Cohen-Kettenis, Buitelaar, & van Engeland, 2000) tested the hypothesis that children with disruptive behavior disorders (DBD) manifest underarousal of the HP and the ANS, particularly in response to stress. Participants included 26 8-12-year-olds diagnosed with…
Researchers from the Jerusalem Infant Development Study (Hans, Auerbach, Asarnow, Styr, and Marcus, 2000) demonstrated the utility of the Youth Self-Report (YSR) for assessing youths at risk for schizophrenia. They used the YSR and the Social Adjustment Inventory for Children…
The Language Development Survey (LDS) (Rescorla, 1989) uses parents’ reports of vocabulary and word combinations to identify language delays in children at ages 18-35 months. It can be completed independently by a parent in about 10 minutes and requires only…
Thomas M. Achenbach & Levent Dumenci University of Vermont Leslie A. Rescorla Bryn Mawr College Abstract The purpose of this project was to determine the degree to which experienced mental health professionals would judge particular CBCL/1½-5/LDS and C-TRF items as being consistent…
Dr. Virginia Delaney-Black and a research team from Wayne State School of Medicine and the Detroit Public Schools conducted an extensive follow-up study of children whose mothers had been screened for substance use during pregnancy. Screening procedures included extensive structured…
Using a Dutch general population sample (N = 1,615), Marijka Hofstra, Jan van der Ende, & Frank Verhulst (2000) analyzed relations between CBCL/4-18 scores obtained at ages 4-16 and scores on the Young Adult Behavior Checklist (YABCL) and Young Adult Self-Report…