Lambert M C, Knight F, Taylor R, Achenbach T M
Department of Psychology, Michigan State University, East Lansing 48824.
J Abnorm Child Psychol. 1994 Feb;22(1):113-28. doi: 10.1007/BF02169259.
Research on child behavior problems requires standardized methodology in order to identify similarities and differences between societies. The present study compared parent-reported behavior problems of 360 Jamaican and 946 U.S. children aged 6 to 11. It revealed few differences in individual, total, internalizing (e.g., depression), and externalizing (e.g., fighting) problem scores as a function of nationality, gender, or age. Findings from this and other studies indicate the feasibility of a common methodology in cross-national studies of children's problems, but also the need for further refinement.
对儿童行为问题的研究需要标准化方法，以便识别不同社会之间的异同。本研究比较了360名牙买加儿童和946名6至11岁美国儿童家长报告的行为问题。研究发现，作为国籍、性别或年龄的函数，个体、总体、内化（如抑郁）和外化（如打架）问题得分几乎没有差异。这项研究和其他研究的结果表明，在跨国儿童问题研究中采用通用方法是可行的，但也需要进一步完善。
