Syndromes of Preschool Psychopathology Reported by Teachers and Caregivers in 14 Societies Using the Caregiver-Teacher Report Form (C-TRF) (original) (raw)

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Abstract

Caregivers and teachers from 14 societies rated 9,389 1.5 to 5-year-olds on the Caregiver-

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Last updatedNovember 28, 2024

About the authors

FCT / Universidade Nova de Lisboa, Alumnus

Bryn Mawr College, Faculty Member

Preschool Psychopathology Reported by Parents in 23 Societies

Journal of the American Academy of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry, 2010

Objective-To test the fit of a seven-syndrome model to ratings of preschoolers' problems by parents in very diverse societies. Method-Parents of 19,106 children 18 to 71 months of age from 23 societies in Asia, Australasia, Europe, the Middle East, and South America completed the Child Behavior Checklist for Ages 1.5-5 (CBCL/1.5-5). Confirmatory factor analyses were used to test the seven-syndrome model separately for each society. Results-The primary model fit index, the root mean square error of approximation (RMSEA), indicated acceptable to good fit for each society. Although a six-syndrome model combining the Emotionally Reactive and Anxious/Depressed syndromes also fit the data for nine societies, it fit less well than the seven-syndrome model for seven of the nine societies. Other fit indices yielded less consistent results than the RMSEA. Conclusions-The seven-syndrome model provides one way to capture patterns of children's problems that are manifested in ratings by parents from many societies. Clinicians working with preschoolers from these societies can thus assess and describe parents' ratings of behavioral, emotional, and social problems in terms of the seven syndromes. The results illustrate possibilities for culture-general taxonomic constructs of preschool psychopathology. Problems not captured by the CBCL/1.5-5 may form additional syndromes, and other syndrome models may also fit the data.

Behavioral/Emotional Problems of Preschoolers

Journal of Emotional and Behavioral Disorders, 2012

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 so...