CBCL and TRF as predictors of clinician diagnosed ADHD and anxiety.

The Child Behavior Checklist (CBCL) and the Teachers Report Form (TRF) are screening instruments and they are parent and teacher-rated forms on observed behavior of children or adolescents. In our study, we want to test if the CBCL and TRF are sensitive in predicting clinician’s diagnosis with regar...

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Main Author: Tang, Tannie Yee Yan.
Other Authors: Ang Pei-Hui, Rebecca
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Published: 2009
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spelling sg-ntu-dr.10356-165342019-12-10T11:29:27Z CBCL and TRF as predictors of clinician diagnosed ADHD and anxiety. Tang, Tannie Yee Yan. Ang Pei-Hui, Rebecca School of Humanities and Social Sciences Child Guidance Clinic DRNTU::Social sciences::Psychology::Psychological testing The Child Behavior Checklist (CBCL) and the Teachers Report Form (TRF) are screening instruments and they are parent and teacher-rated forms on observed behavior of children or adolescents. In our study, we want to test if the CBCL and TRF are sensitive in predicting clinician’s diagnosis with regards to Anxiety and Depression as an example of Internalizing Behavior and ADHD as an example of Externalizing Behavior. We retrieved data from a sample taken from clinical files of 1000 children in the year 2006 from archival data obtained from the Child Guidance Clinic, Health Promotion Board in Singapore and we found that the CBCL and TRF are both effective in predicting ADHD but not in predicting Anxiety and Depression. Bachelor of Arts 2009-05-27T02:14:12Z 2009-05-27T02:14:12Z 2009 2009 Final Year Project (FYP) http://hdl.handle.net/10356/16534 en Nanyang Technological University 28 p. application/pdf
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Tang, Tannie Yee Yan.
CBCL and TRF as predictors of clinician diagnosed ADHD and anxiety.
description The Child Behavior Checklist (CBCL) and the Teachers Report Form (TRF) are screening instruments and they are parent and teacher-rated forms on observed behavior of children or adolescents. In our study, we want to test if the CBCL and TRF are sensitive in predicting clinician’s diagnosis with regards to Anxiety and Depression as an example of Internalizing Behavior and ADHD as an example of Externalizing Behavior. We retrieved data from a sample taken from clinical files of 1000 children in the year 2006 from archival data obtained from the Child Guidance Clinic, Health Promotion Board in Singapore and we found that the CBCL and TRF are both effective in predicting ADHD but not in predicting Anxiety and Depression.
author2 Ang Pei-Hui, Rebecca
author_facet Ang Pei-Hui, Rebecca
Tang, Tannie Yee Yan.
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author Tang, Tannie Yee Yan.
author_sort Tang, Tannie Yee Yan.
title CBCL and TRF as predictors of clinician diagnosed ADHD and anxiety.
title_short CBCL and TRF as predictors of clinician diagnosed ADHD and anxiety.
title_full CBCL and TRF as predictors of clinician diagnosed ADHD and anxiety.
title_fullStr CBCL and TRF as predictors of clinician diagnosed ADHD and anxiety.
title_full_unstemmed CBCL and TRF as predictors of clinician diagnosed ADHD and anxiety.
title_sort cbcl and trf as predictors of clinician diagnosed adhd and anxiety.
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