Achenbach T M, Hensley V R, Phares V, Grayson D
Department of Psychiatry, University of Vermont, Burlington 05401.
J Child Psychol Psychiatry. 1990 Jan;31(2):265-86. doi: 10.1111/j.1469-7610.1990.tb01566.x.
We compared problems and competencies reported for 2600 randomly selected nonreferred children in Sydney and the U.S.A. Sydney children scored significantly higher on 82 problem items, with a mean total problem score of 31.6 versus 20.1 for the U.S.A. Nevertheless, item scores correlated 0.92 between countries, most differences between competence scores were small, and patterns were similar for sex, age, socioeconomic status, and internalizing versus externalizing problems. Although higher clinical cutoffs may be needed in Sydney, the similarity of patterns in scores permits calibration of the Child Behavior Checklist between Sydney and the U.S.A. Sex differences found in seven cultures were summarized.
我们比较了在悉尼和美国随机抽取的2600名未被转诊儿童所报告的问题及能力。悉尼儿童在82个问题项目上得分显著更高，其问题总分均值为31.6，而美国儿童为20.1。然而，两国间项目得分的相关性为0.92，能力得分的多数差异较小，且在性别、年龄、社会经济地位以及内化问题与外化问题方面的模式相似。尽管悉尼可能需要更高的临床临界值，但得分模式的相似性使得《儿童行为清单》在悉尼和美国之间能够进行校准。总结了在七种文化中发现的性别差异。
