Diagnostic accuracy of the Achenbach child behavior checklist for externalizing and internalizing disorders : towards an integrative categorical and dimensional approach to clinical diagnosis.
This study assessed the diagnostic accuracy of Achenbach’s Child Behavior Checklist for clinician-diagnosed childhood externalizing and internalizing psychopathology, based on information from an archival dataset of 1,000 Singaporean children and adolescents, aged 4 to 18 years old. Results showed t...
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| Format: | Final Year Project |
| Language: | English |
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2009
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| Online Access: | http://hdl.handle.net/10356/15632 |
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| Institution: | Nanyang Technological University |
| Language: | English |
| Summary: | This study assessed the diagnostic accuracy of Achenbach’s Child Behavior Checklist for clinician-diagnosed childhood externalizing and internalizing psychopathology, based on information from an archival dataset of 1,000 Singaporean children and adolescents, aged 4 to 18 years old. Results showed that, on a broad-band level, CBCL Externalizing and Internalizing scales differentially predicted externalizing and internalizing disorders respectively. Additionally, diagnostic accuracy of narrow-band CBCL scales for specific disorders was evaluated. CBCL Attention Problems, Delinquent Behavior, and Anxious/Depressed scales differentially predicted ADHD, ODD/CD, and anxiety disorder respectively. Findings demonstrate the diagnostic accuracy of the CBCL as an overall rating scale on both broad-band and narrow-band levels, thus supporting a multi-informant approach and an integration of categorical and dimensional diagnostic methods in clinical assessment. |
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