Child Behavior Checklist

Child Behavior ChecklistAnn Skinner2023-09-28T17:04:55-04:00

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Description

Child adjustment was measured using Achenbach’s Child Behavior Checklist (CBCL) completed by parents and the Youth Self Report (YSR) completed by the child participants. The Achenbach measures have been translated into at least 69 languages, and over 5,000 published studies have used this measure with at least 60 cultural groups. Aside from the measures’ widespread use in different countries, several researchers have specifically demonstrated good psychometric properties and cross-cultural and cross-language equivalence of the measures across cultural groups. These items captured behaviors such as argues a lot, screams a lot, worries, is disobedient at home, and threatens people. Each item measured the frequency a child participated in a particular behavior: never (coded as 0), sometimes (coded as 1), or often (coded as 2). This measure includes both an internalizing and externalizing scale.

If young adult participants have become parents, they are asked to report on the behavior of their oldest child.

Reference(s)

Achenbach, T. M. (1991). Integrative guide for the 1991 CBCL 14-18, YSR, and TRF Profiles. Burlington, VT: University of Vermont, Department of Psychiatry.

Publication(s)

Chang, L., Lu, H., Lansford, J. E., Bornstein, M. H., Steinberg, L., Chen, B., Skinner, A. T., Dodge, K. A., Deater-Deckard, K., Bacchini, D., Pastorelli, C., Alampay, L. P., Tapanya, S., Sorbring, E., Oburu, P., Al-Hassan, S., Di Giunta, L., Malone, P. S., Uribe Tirado, L. M., & Yotanyamaneewong, S. (2019). External environment and internal state in relation to life-history behavioural profiles of adolescents in nine countries. Proceedings of the Royal Society B, 286(1917), 20192097.

Daganzo, M. A. A., Alampay, L. P., & Lansford, J. E. (2014). Filipino mothers’ self-efficacy in managing anger and in parenting, and parental rejection as predictors of child delinquency. Philippine Journal of Psychology, 47, 1-26.

Deater-Deckard, K., Godwin, J., Lansford, J. E., Bacchini, D., Bombi, A. S., Bornstein, M. H., Chang, L., Di Giunta, L., Dodge, K. A., Malone, P. S., Oburu, P., Pastorelli, C., Skinner, A. T., Sorbring, E., Steinberg, L., Tapanya, S., Alampay, L. P., Uribe Tirado, L. M., Zelli, A., & Al-Hassan, S. M. (2018). Within- and between-person and group variance in behavior and beliefs in cross-cultural longitudinal data. Journal of Adolescence, 62, 207-217.

Deater-Deckard, K., Godwin, J., Lansford, J. E., Uribe Tirado, L. M., Yotanyamaneewong, S., Alampay, L. P., Al-Hassan, S. M., Bacchini, D., Bornstein, M. H., Chang, L., Di Giunta, L., Dodge, K. A., Oburu, P., Pastorelli, C., Skinner, A. T., Sorbring, E., Steinberg, L., & Tapanya, S. (2019). Chaos, danger, and maternal parenting in families: Links with adolescent adjustment in low- and middle-income countries. Developmental Science, 22(5), e12855.

Di Giunta, L., Iselin, A.-M. R., Lansford, J. E., Eisenberg, N., Lunetti, C., Thartori, E., Basili, E., Pastorelli, C., Bacchini, D., Uribe Tirado, L. M., & Gerbino, M. (2018). Parents’ and early adolescents’ self-efficacy about anger regulation and early adolescents’ internalizing and externalizing problems: A longitudinal study in three countries. Journal of Adolescence, 64, 124-135.

Di Giunta, L., Pastorelli, C., Thatori, E., Lunetti, C., Miranda, M.C., Bacchini, D., D’Amico, F., Sorbara, F., Fiandra, F., and Lansford, J.E. (2016), The Influence of Adolescents’ Abilities to Regulate Emotions and Their Beliefs About Being Able to Regulate Emotions on School Performance. Proceedings of EDULEARN 2016 Conference, July 4th-6th, Barcelona, Spain. doi:10.21125/edulearn.2016.2155

Di Giunta, L., Rothenberg, W. A., Lunetti, C., Lansford, J. E., Pastorelli, C., Eisenberg, N. Thartori, E., Basili, E., Favini, A., Yotanyamaneewong, S., Alampay, L. P., Al-Hassan, S. M., Bacchini, D., Bornstein, M. H., Chang, L., Deater-Deckard, K., Dodge, K. A., Oburu, P., Skinner, A. T., Sorbring, E., Steinberg, L., Tapanya, S., & Uribe Tirado, L. M. (2020). Longitudinal associations between mothers’ and fathers’ anger/irritability expressiveness, harsh parenting, and adolescents’ socioemotional functioning in nine countries. Developmental Psychology, 56(3), 458–474. https://doi.org/10.1037/dev0000849.

Dodge, A., Malone, P.S., Lansford, J.E., Sorbring, E., Skinner, A.T., Tapanya, S., Tirado, L.M.U., Zelli, A., Alampay, L.P., Al-Hassan, S.M., Bacchini, D., Bombi, A.S., Bornstein, M.H., Chang, L., Deater-Deckard, K., Di Giunta, L., Oburu, P., Pastorelli, C. (2015) Hostile attributional bias and aggressive behavior in global context. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, 2015; 201418572 DOI: 10.1073/pnas.1418572112.

Garcia, A. S., & Alampay, L. P. (2012). Parental efficacy, experience of stressful life events, and child externalizing behavior as predictors of Filipino mothers’ and fathers’ parental hostility and aggression. Philippine Journal of Psychology, 45.

Lansford, J. E., Godwin, J., Bornstein, M. H., Chang, L., Deater-Deckard, K., Di Giunta, L., Dodge, K. A., Malone, P. S., Oburu, P. Pastorelli, C., Skinner, A. T., Sorbring, E., Steinberg, L., Tapanya, S., Uribe Tirado, L. M., Alampay, L. P., Al-Hassan, S. M., & Bacchini, D. (2018). Parenting, culture, and the development of externalizing behaviors from age seven to 14 in nine countries. Development and Psychopathology, 30, 1937-1958.

Lansford, J.E., Godwin, J.G., Uribe Tirado, L.M., Zelli, A., Al-Hassan, S.M., Bacchini, D., Bombi, A.S., Bornstein, M.H., Chang, L., Deater-Deckard, K., Di Giunta, L., Dodge, K.A., Malone, P.S., Oburu, P., Pastorelli, C., Skinner, A.T., Sorbring, E., Tapanya, S., Alampay, L.P. (2015). Individual, Family, and Culture Level Contributions to Child Physical Abuse and Neglect: A Longitudinal Study in Nine Countries. Development and Psychopathology. 26(03), 561-573.

Lansford, J. E., Godwin, J., Zelli, A., Al-Hassan, S. M., Bacchini, D., Bombi, A. S., Bornstein, M. H., Chang, L., Chen, B.-B., Deater-Deckard, K., Di Giunta, L., Dodge, K. A., Malone, P. S., Oburu, P., Pastorelli, C., Skinner, A. T., Sorbring, E., Steinberg, L., Tapanya, S., Alampay, L. P., & Uribe Tirado, L. M. (2018). Longitudinal associations between parenting and youth adjustment in twelve cultural groups: Cultural normativeness of parenting as a moderator. Developmental Psychology, 54, 362-377.

Lansford, J. E., Malone, P. S., Tapanya, S., Uribe Tirado, L. M., Zelli, A., Alampay, L. P., Al-Hassan, S. M., Bacchini, D., Bombi, A. S., Bornstein, M. H., Chang, L., Deater-Deckard, K., Di Giunta, L., Dodge, K. A., Oburu, P., Pastorelli, C., Skinner, A. T., Sorbring, E., & Steinberg, L. (2019). Household income predicts trajectories of child internalizing and externalizing behavior in high-, middle-, and low-income countries. International Journal of Behavioral Development, 43, 74-79.

Lansford, J. E., Rothenberg, W. A., Jensen, T. M., Lippold, M. A., Bacchini, D., Bornstein, M. H., Chang, L., Deater-Deckard, K., Di Giunta, L., Dodge, K. A., Malone, P. S., Oburu, P., Pastorelli, C., Skinner, A. T., Sorbring, E., Steinberg, L., Tapanya, S., Uribe Tirado, L. M., Alampay, L. P., & Al-Hassan, S. M. (2018). Bidirectional relations between parenting and behavior problems from age 8 to 13 in nine countries. Journal of Research on Adolescence, 28, 571–590.

Lansford, J. E., Sharma, C., Malone, P. S., Woodlief, D., Dodge, K. A., Oburu, P., Pastorelli, C., Skinner, A. T., Sorbring, E., Tapanya, S., Uribe Tirado, L. M., Zelli, A., Al-Hassan, S. M., Alampay, L. P., Bacchini, D., Bombi, A. S., Bornstein, M. H., Chang, L., Deater-Deckard, K., & Di Giunta, L. (2014). Corporal punishment, maternal warmth, and child adjustment: A longitudinal study in eight countries. Journal of Clinical Child and Adolescent Psychology, 43, 670-685.

Putnick, D. L., Bornstein, M. H., Lansford, J. E., Malone, P. S., Pastorelli, C., Skinner, A. T., Sorbring, E., Tapanya, S., Uribe Tirado, L. M., Zelli, A., Alampay, L. P., Al-Hassan, S. M., Bacchini, D., Bombi, A. S., Chang, L., Deater-Deckard, K., Di Giunta, L., Dodge, K. A., & Oburu, P. (2015). Perceived mother and father acceptance-rejection predict four unique aspects of child adjustment across nine countries. Journal of Child Psychology and Psychiatry. 56 (8), 923-932.

Rothenberg, W.A., Ali, S., Rohner, R.P., Lansford, J.E., Britner, P.A., Di Giunta, L., Dodge, K.A., Malone, P.S., Oburu, P., Pastorelli, C., Skinner, A.T., Sorbring, E, Steinberg, L., Tapanya, S., Uribe Tirado, M.L., Yotanyamaneewong, S., Peña Alampay, L., Al-Hassan, S.M., Bacchini, D.,…&Deater-Deckard, K. (2022). Effects of parental acceptance-rejection on children’s internalizing and externalizing behaviors. Journal of Child and Family Studies, 31, 29-47.

Rothenberg, W. A., Lansford, J. E., Alampay, L. P., Al-Hassan, S. M., Bacchini, D., Bornstein, M. H., Chang, L., Deater-Deckard, K., Di Giunta, L., Dodge, K. A., Malone, P. S., Oburu, P., Pastorelli, C., Skinner, A. T., Sorbring, E., Steinberg, L., Tapany, S., Uribe Tirado, L. M., &Yotanyamaneewong, S. (2020). Examining effects of mother and father warmth and control on child externalizing and internalizing problems from age 8 to 13 in nine countries. Development and Psychopathology, 32(3), 1113-1137.

Rothenberg, W. A., Lansford, J. E., Bacchini, D., Bornstein, M. H., Chang, L., Deater, D. K., Di Giunta, L., Dodge, K. A., Malone, P. S., Oburu, P., Pastorelli, C., Skinner, A. T., Sorbring, E., Steinberg, L., Tapanya, S., Tirado, L. M. U., Yotanyamaneewong, S., Alampay, L. P., & Al, H. S. M. (2020). Cross‐cultural effects of parent warmth and control on aggression and rule‐breaking from ages 8 to 13. Aggressive Behavior, 46(4), 327–340.

Rothenberg, W.A., Lansford, J.E., Bornstein, M.H., Chang, L., Deater-Deckard, K., Di Giunta, L., Dodge, K.A., Malone, P.S., Oburu, P., Pastorelli, C., Skinner, A.T., Sorbring, E., Steinberg, L., Tapanya, S., Tirado, L.M.U., Yotanyamaneewong, S., Alampay, L.P., Al-Hassan, S.M., & Bacchini, D. (2020). Effects of parent warmth and behavioral control on adolescent externalizing and internalizing trajectories across cultures. Journal of Research on Adolescence, 30(4), 835-855. https://doi.org/10.1111/jora.12566.

Rothenberg, W. A., Lansford, J. E., Chang, L., Deater-Deckard, K., Di Giunta, L., Dodge, K. A., Malone, P. S., Oburu, P., Pastorelli, C., Skinner, A. T., Sorbring, E., Steinberg, L., Tapany, S., Uribe Tirado, L. M., Yotanyamaneewong, S., Alampay, L. P., Al-Hassan, S. M., Bacchini, D., & Bornstein, M. H. (2020). Examining the internalizing pathway to substance use frequency in 10 cultural groups. Addictive Behaviors, 102, 106214.

Rothenberg, W.A., Lansford, J.E., Uribe Tirado, M.L., Yotanyamaneewong, S., Peña Alampay, L., Al-Hassan, S.M., Bacchini, D., Chang, L, Deater-Deckard, K., Di Giunta, L., Dodge, K.A., Gurdal, S., Liu, Q., Long, Q., Oburu, P., Pastorelli, C., Skinner, A.T., Sorbring, E., Tapanya, S., Steinberg, L., & Bornstein, M.H. (2022). The intergenerational transmission of maladaptive parenting and its impact on child mental health: Examining cross-cultural mediating pathways and moderating protective factors. Child Psychiatry and Human Development. Advanced online publication.

Schenck‐Fontaine, A., Lansford, J. E., Skinner, A. T., Deater‐Deckard, K., Di Giunta, L., Dodge, K. A., Oburu, P., Pastorelli, C., Sorbring, E., Steinberg, L., Malone, P.S., Tapanya, S., Uribe Tirado, L. M., Alampay, L. P., Al-Hassan, S. M., Bacchini, D., Bornstein, M. H., & Chang, L. (2020). Associations Between Perceived Material Deprivation, Parents’ Discipline Practices, and Children’s Behavior Problems: An International Perspective. Child Development, 91(1), 307-326.

Skinner, A. T., Bacchini, D., Lansford, J. E., Godwin, J., Sorbring, E., Tapanya, S., Uribe Tirado, L. M., Zelli, A., Alampay, L. P., Al-Hassan, S. M., Bombi, A. S., Bornstein, M. H., Chang, L., Deater-Deckard, K., Di Giunta, L., Dodge, K. A., Malone, P. S., Miranda, M., Oburu, P., & Pastorelli, C. (2014). Neighborhood danger, parental monitoring, harsh parenting, and child aggression in nine countries. Societies, 4, 45-67.

Skinner, A.T.; Çiftçi, L.; Jones, S.; Klotz, E.; Ondrušková, T.; Lansford, J.E.; Alampay, L.P.; Al-Hassan, S.M.; Bacchini, D.; Bornstein, M.H.; Chang, L.; Deater-Deckard, K.; Di Giunta, L.; Dodge, K.A.; Gurdal, S.; Liu, Q.; Long, Q.; Oburu, P.; Pastorelli, C.; Sorbring, E.; Tapanya, S.; Steinberg, L.; Uribe Tirado, L.M.; Yotanyamaneewong, S. (2022) Adolescent Positivity and Future Orientation, Parental Psychological Control, and Young Adult Internalising Behaviours during COVID-19 in Nine Countries. Social Science, 11(2), 75.

Skinner, A. T., Oburu, P., Lansford, J. E., & Bacchini, D. (2014). Childrearing violence and child adjustment after exposure to Kenyan post-election violence. Psychology of Violence, 4, 37-50.

Thartori, E., Zuffianò, A., Pastorelli, C., Di Giunta, L., Lunetti, C., Lansford, J. E., Dodge, K. A., & Favini, A. (2018). The interactive effects of maternal personality and adolescent temperament on externalizing behavior problem trajectories from age 12 to 14. Personality and Individual Differences, 134, 301-307.

Zietz, S., Cheng, E, Lansford, J. E., Deater-Deckard, K., Di Giunta, L., Dodge, K. A., Gurdal, S, Liu, Q., Long, Q., Oburu, P., Pastorelli, C., Skinner, A. T., Sorbring, E., Steinberg, L., Tapanya, S., Uribe Tirado, L. M., Yotanyamaneewong, S., Alampay, L. P, Al-Hassan, S.M., Bacchini, D., Chang, L., & Bornstein, M. H. (in press) Positive Parenting, Adolescent Adjustment, and Quality of Adolescent Diet in Nine Countries. Journal of Adolescence. doi: 10.1002/jad.12089

Zietz, S., Lansford, J. E., Liu, Q., Long, Q., Oburu, P., Pastorelli, C., Sorbring, E., Skinner, A. T., Steinberg, L., Tapanya, S., Uribe Tirado, L. M., Yotanyamaneewong, S., Alampay, L. P., Al-Hassan, S.M., Bacchini, D., Bornstein, M., Chang, L., Deater-Deckard, K., Di Giunta, L., Dodge, K. A., Gurdal, S. (in press) A longitudinal examination of the family stress model of economic hardship in seven countries. Children and Youth Services Review.

Wave(s) Used

Parent: 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 11, 12
Youth: 1, 2, 3, 5, 7, 8, 10, 11

Measure PDF

For a copy of the Child Behavior Checklist, please visit aseba.com.