Department of Psychology, Bryn Mawr College, Bryn Mawr, PA 19010, USA.
J Clin Child Adolesc Psychol. 2011;40(3):456-67. doi: 10.1080/15374416.2011.563472.
International comparisons were conducted of preschool children's behavioral and emotional problems as reported on the Child Behavior Checklist for Ages 1½-5 by parents in 24 societies (N = 19,850). Item ratings were aggregated into scores on syndromes; Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders-oriented scales; a Stress Problems scale; and Internalizing, Externalizing, and Total Problems scales. Effect sizes for scale score differences among the 24 societies ranged from small to medium (3-12%). Although societies differed greatly in language, culture, and other characteristics, Total Problems scores for 18 of the 24 societies were within 7.1 points of the omnicultural mean of 33.3 (on a scale of 0-198). Gender and age differences, as well as gender and age interactions with society, were all very small (effect sizes < 1%). Across all pairs of societies, correlations between mean item ratings averaged .78, and correlations between internal consistency alphas for the scales averaged .92, indicating that the rank orders of mean item ratings and internal consistencies of scales were very similar across diverse societies.
对 24 个社会的家长报告的儿童行为检查表（适用于 1.5-5 岁儿童）中，学龄前儿童的行为和情绪问题进行了国际比较（N=19850）。项目评分汇总为综合征得分；《精神障碍诊断与统计手册》导向的量表；压力问题量表；以及内化、外化和总问题量表。24 个社会之间量表得分差异的效应大小从小到大（3-12%）。尽管社会在语言、文化和其他特征上存在很大差异，但 24 个社会中有 18 个的总问题得分与 33.3 的全文化平均值（0-198 分制）相差不超过 7.1 分。性别和年龄差异以及性别和年龄与社会的相互作用都非常小（效应大小<1%）。在所有社会对中，平均项目评分之间的相关系数平均为 0.78，而量表的内部一致性α之间的相关系数平均为 0.92，这表明不同社会之间平均项目评分和量表内部一致性的等级顺序非常相似。
