Behavioral/Emotional Problems of Preschoolers
Journal
Journal of Emotional and Behavioral Disorders
ISSN
1063-4266
Date Issued
2012
Author(s)
Leslie A. Rescorla
Thomas M. Achenbach
Masha Y. Ivanova
Niels Bilenberg
Gudrun Bjarnadottir
Silvia Denner
Pedro Dias
Anca Dobrean
Manfred Döpfner
Alessandra Frigerio
Miguel Gonçalves
Halldór Guðmundsson
Roma Jusiene
Solvejg Kristensen
Felipe Lecannelier
Patrick W. L. Leung
Jianghong Liu
Sofia P. Löbel
Bárbara César Machado
Jasminka Markovic
Paola A. Mas
Elaheh Mohammad Esmaeili
Rosario Montirosso
Julia Plück
Adelina Ahmeti Pronaj
Rodriguez, Jorge
Pamela O. Rojas
Klaus Schmeck
Mimoza Shahini
Jaime Silva
Universidad de La Frontera
Jan van der Ende
Frank C. Verhulst
Type
Resource Types::text::journal::journal article
URL Institutional Repository
Abstract
<jats:p> This study tested societal effects on caregiver/teacher ratings of behavioral/emotional problems for 10,521 preschoolers from 15 societies. Many societies had problem scale scores within a relatively narrow range, despite differences in language, culture, and other characteristics. The small age and gender effects were quite similar across societies. The rank orders of mean item ratings were similar across diverse societies. For 7,380 children from 13 societies, ratings were also obtained from a parent. In all 13 societies, mean Total Problems scores derived from parent ratings were significantly higher than mean Total Problems scores derived from caregiver/teacher ratings, although the size of the difference varied somewhat across societies. Mean cross-informant agreement for problem scale scores varied across societies. Societies were very similar with respect to which problem items, on average, received high versus low ratings from parents and caregivers/teachers. Within every society, cross-informant agreement for item ratings varied widely across children. In most respects, results were quite similar across 15 very diverse societies. </jats:p>
Subjects
international
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cross-cultural
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preschoolers
;
teacher-reported problems
;
cross-informant agreement