Verhulst F C, van der Ende J
Department of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry, Erasmus University Rotterdam, Sophia Children's Hospital, The Netherlands.
J Abnorm Child Psychol. 1992 Dec;20(6):595-610. doi: 10.1007/BF00911243.
An epidemiological sample of 936 Dutch children originally aged 4-11 years was assessed at 2-year intervals over a 6-year period. Parents completed the Child Behavior Checklist (CBCL) on all four occasions. Stability coefficients computed for eight CBCL syndromes, Internalizing and Externalizing dimensions, and total problems revealed considerable long-term stability. There was no significant difference in the 6-year stability of internalizing vs. externalizing scores. This finding was at odds with reports of considerably lower stability of internalizing behavior, and was consistent with findings suggesting that the stability of internalizing problems should not be underestimated. The magnitude and specificity of the long-term stability of internalizing and externalizing scores lends support to the validity of these behavioral dimensions as tapped by the CBCL. No significant sex or age differences in the stability of problem behaviors were found.
对936名原本年龄在4至11岁的荷兰儿童进行了一项流行病学抽样调查，在6年时间里每隔两年进行一次评估。家长在所有四次评估中都填写了儿童行为清单（CBCL）。针对八个CBCL综合征、内化和外化维度以及总问题计算出的稳定性系数显示出相当高的长期稳定性。内化得分与外化得分在6年的稳定性上没有显著差异。这一发现与内化行为稳定性明显较低的报道不一致，并且与表明不应低估内化问题稳定性的研究结果一致。内化和外化得分长期稳定性的程度和特异性支持了CBCL所衡量的这些行为维度的有效性。在问题行为的稳定性方面未发现显著的性别或年龄差异。
