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Child Behavior Checklist

Also known as: CBCL, Child Behavior Checklist/4–18

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referenceThe study 'Filipino mothers’ self-efficacy in managing anger and in parenting, and parental rejection as predictors of child delinquency' by Daganzo, Alampay, and Lansford (2014) examines how Filipino mothers' self-efficacy and parental rejection predict child delinquency, utilizing the Child Behavior Checklist, Efficacy Measures, and the Parental Acceptance/Rejection-Control Questionnaire.

procedureThe study 'Parents’ and early adolescents’ self-efficacy about anger regulation and early adolescents’ internalizing and externalizing problems' utilized the Anger Self-Regulation Scale, the Child Behavior Checklist, and Efficacy Measures for mothers, fathers, and youth at Waves 3, 5, and 6.

procedureThe 'Child Behavior Checklist' was used to collect data from mothers and fathers during waves 2 and 3 in the study of parental acceptance-rejection and child prosocial behavior.

referenceThe study 'Longitudinal associations between parenting and youth adjustment in twelve cultural groups: Cultural normativeness of parenting as a moderator' by Lansford et al. utilized the following measures for mothers and fathers during Wave 3: Family Obligations, Parental Monitoring, Parental Acceptance-Rejection Control Questionnaire, Child Social Competence, and Child Behavior Checklist.

referenceThe 2017 study by Alampay et al. regarding corporal punishment utilized the Physical Punishment scale (Wave 1), the Child Behavior Checklist (Wave 2), and the Behavior Frequency Scale (Wave 2) to collect data from mothers and fathers.

referenceThe study 'Chaos, danger, and maternal parenting in families: Links with adolescent adjustment in low- and middle-income countries' by T., Sorbring, E., Steinberg, L., & Tapanya, S. (2019) utilizes the 'Child Behavior Checklist' to assess mothers, fathers, and youth at Wave 7.

procedureThe study 'Effects of parental acceptance-rejection on children’s internalizing and externalizing behaviors' utilized the Parental Acceptance-Rejection/Control Questionnaire (Wave 1) and the Child Behavior Checklist (Waves 1, 2, 3, and 5) to collect data from mothers, fathers, and youth.

referenceA 2018 study by J. E. Lansford et al. titled 'Parenting, culture, and the development of externalizing behaviors from age seven to 14 in nine countries' was published in Development and Psychopathology, utilizing measures including Normative Beliefs about Aggression, Parental Modernity, Parents’ Attribution Test, Child Behavior Checklist, and Youth Self Report.

referenceThe study 'Chaos, danger, and maternal parenting in families: Links with adolescent adjustment in low- and middle-income countries' (2019) by Uribe Tirado et al. utilized the Chaos, Hubbub, and Order Scale, Neighborhood scale, Parental Acceptance-Rejection/Control Questionnaire, Child Behavior Checklist, Externalizing Problem Behavior Scale, Internalizing Problem Behavior Scale, and School Performance measures to collect data from mothers, fathers, and youth across multiple waves.

referenceThe Parenting Across Cultures project utilizes the Family Information Form, Child Behavior Checklist, Youth Self Report, Child Social Competence, The Resistance to Peer Influence Scale, and Opportunities, Support and Sanctions as research instruments across various waves of data collection.

referenceThe Parenting Across Cultures research project utilizes several standardized instruments to collect data across multiple waves, including the Parental Acceptance/Rejection-Control Questionnaire-Short Form, the Multiple Indicator Cluster Survey (MICS), the Child Behavior Checklist, Parental Modernity, Normative Beliefs about Aggression, Family Obligations, Parental Monitoring, Child Social Competence, the Family Information Form, and the Youth Self Report.

referenceKapetanovic, S. et al. published a 2023 study in the Journal of Youth and Adolescence (52, 1235–1254) titled 'Parenting, adolescent sensation seeking, and subsequent substance use: Moderation by adolescent temperament,' which utilized the Positive Parenting measure (Wave 5), Discipline Interview (Wave 5), Sensation Seeking measure (Waves 3, 6), Early Adolescent Temperament Questionnaire (Wave 6), and Child Behavior Checklist (Wave 7).

procedureThe study 'The intergenerational transmission of maladaptive parenting and its impact on child mental health' utilized the Parental Acceptance-Rejection/Control Questionnaire (Wave 5), Parents’ Behavior When You Were Growing Up (Wave 8), Child Behavior Checklist (Wave 6), Life Events History (Waves 1-5), and the Family Information Form (Wave 5) to gather data from mothers, fathers, and youth.

referenceThe Parenting Across Cultures project utilizes the Experiences with COVID-19 (EC-19) scale, Knowledge, Disclosure, Control, Solicitation Scale, Positive Parenting scale, Parent-Adolescent Conflict scale, and Child Behavior Checklist as research instruments.

referenceThe study 'Parenting, culture, and the development of externalizing behaviors from age seven to 14 in nine countries' by Lansford et al. utilized the following measures: Normative Beliefs about Aggression (Wave 1), Parental Modernity (Wave 1), Parents’ Attribution Test (Wave 1), Child Behavior Checklist (Waves 1-6), and Youth Self Report (Waves 1-3).

referenceThe study 'Parental perceptions of children´s agency: Parental warmth, school achievement and adjustment' published in Early Child Development and Care (2016) utilized the Parental Acceptance/Rejection-Control Questionnaire-Short Form, the Multi-Measure Agentic Personality Scale, the Child Behavior Checklist, and School Performance measures across three waves of data collection from mothers and fathers.

referenceIn the 2018 study 'The interactive effects of maternal personality and adolescent temperament on externalizing behavior problem trajectories from age 12 to 14' published in Personality and Individual Differences, researchers Thartori, Zuffianò, Pastorelli, Di Giunta, Lunetti, Lansford, Dodge, and Favini utilized the Child Behavior Checklist, Irritability Scale, and Early Adolescent Temperament Questionnaire to assess mothers and adolescents during Waves 5, 6, and 7 of their longitudinal study.

referenceThe study 'Early adolescents’ unique perspectives of maternal and paternal rejection' by Jager et al. utilized the Parental Acceptance/Rejection-Control Questionnaire-Short Form (Wave 2), Youth Self-Report (Waves 2 & 3), and Child Behavior Checklist (Waves 2 & 3) for mothers, fathers, and youth.

referenceThe Parenting Across Cultures project utilizes the Child Behavior Checklist to assess child behavior as reported by mothers and fathers across multiple waves.

referenceThe study 'External environment and internal state in relation to life-history behavioural profiles of adolescents in nine countries' by Chang et al. (2019) utilized data from the Parenting Across Cultures project, including measures such as the Neighborhood scale, Social Readjustment Rating Scale, Chaos, Order and Hubbub Scale, Life Events History, Child Behavior Checklist, Youth Self Report, Wechsler Abbreviated Scale of Intelligence, and Romantic Partner Attachment.

referenceThe study 'Hostile attributional bias and aggressive behavior in global context' by Dodge et al. (2015) investigates the relationship between hostile attributional bias and aggressive behavior using data from the Parental Acceptance/Rejection-Control Questionnaire, Multiple Indicator Cluster Survey, Child Behavior Checklist, Parental Modernity scale, and Normative Beliefs about Aggression.

referenceThe study 'The Influence of Adolescents’ Abilities to Regulate Emotions and Their Beliefs About Being Able to Regulate Emotions on School Performance' (2016) by Di Giunta et al. utilized the Early Adolescent Temperament Questionnaire, Efficacy Measures, and the Child Behavior Checklist to assess mothers, fathers, and youth during Wave 6.

referenceBuchanan, C. M. et al. published a 2023 study in Frontiers in Psychology (13, 991727) titled 'Typicality and trajectories of problematic and positive behaviors over adolescence in eight countries,' which utilized the Child Behavior Checklist (Waves 1-3, 5, 7-8, 10) and the EPOCH Measure of Adolescent Well-Being (Waves 5, 7-8, 10).

referenceThe study 'Cross-cultural examination of links between parent–adolescent communication and adolescent psychological problems in 12 cultural groups' by Kapetanovic et al. (2020) analyzed data from 12 cultural groups using the Child Behavior Checklist (Waves 5 & 7) and the Knowledge, Disclosure, Control, Solicitation Scale (Waves 5 & 7).

referenceThe study 'Corporal punishment, maternal warmth, and child adjustment: A longitudinal study in eight countries' by Lansford et al. (2014) utilized the Child Behavior Checklist across waves 1, 2, and 3 for mothers, fathers, and youth.

referenceThe study 'Filipino mothers’ self-efficacy in managing anger and in parenting, and parental rejection as predictors of child delinquency' by Daganzo, Alampay, and Lansford (2014) utilized data from the Parenting Across Cultures project, including the Child Behavior Checklist, Efficacy Measures, and the Parental Acceptance/Rejection-Control Questionnaire-Short Form collected from mothers during Waves 2 and 3.

procedureThe Parenting Across Cultures research project utilizes the 'Child Behavior Checklist' to assess mothers and fathers in Wave 6.

claimThe study 'The moderating role of parental warmth on the relation between verbal punishment and child problem behaviors for same-sex and cross-sex parent-child groups' utilized the Discipline Interview (Wave 1), the Parental Acceptance/Rejection-Control Questionnaire-Short Form (Wave 1), and the Child Behavior Checklist (Wave 1) to collect data from mothers and fathers.

procedureIn the study 'External environment and internal state in relation to life-history behavioural profiles of adolescents in nine countries', researchers utilized the 'Child Behavior Checklist' for mothers and fathers at Waves 3, 4, and 7.

procedureThe Child Behavior Checklist was administered to mothers, fathers, and youth across waves 1, 2, 3, 5, and 6 in the Parenting Across Cultures research project.

procedureResearchers in the Parenting Across Cultures project utilized the 'Child Behavior Checklist' for mothers and fathers during Waves 1, 2, 3, and 5 of their data collection.

procedureThe study 'Predicting Adolescent Mental Health Outcomes across Cultures: A Machine Learning Approach' utilized a wide array of assessment tools including the Child Behavior Checklist (Waves 3, 6, 10), Child’s Prosocial Behavior (Wave 3), Child Social Competence (Wave 3), Benthin Risk Perception Scale (Wave 3), Modified Iowa Gambling Task (Wave 3), Tower of London Task (Wave 3), Matrix Reasoning Subscale of the Wechsler Abbreviation Scale of Intelligence (Wave 3), School Performance (Wave 3), Pubertal Development Scale (Wave 3), and Spatial Working Memory (Wave 3).

procedureThe 'Child Behavior Checklist' was utilized for data collection from mothers, fathers, and youth across waves 1, 2, 3, 5, and 6 in the study of bidirectional relations between parenting and behavior problems.

referenceThe Parenting Across Cultures project utilizes the Child Behavior Checklist, Youth Self Report, Discipline Interview, Efficacy Measure, Individualism and Collectivism scale, and Social Desirability Scale – Short Form as research instruments.

referenceThe study 'Within- and between-person and group variance in behavior and beliefs in cross-cultural longitudinal data' by Deater-Deckard et al. (2018) utilized data from the Parenting Across Cultures project, including the Parental Acceptance-Rejection Control Questionnaire, Discipline Interview, Multiple Indicator Cluster Survey, Child Behavior Checklist, Youth Self Report, and Behavior Frequency Scale collected during Waves 1, 3, and 5.

claimThe Parenting Across Cultures research project utilizes the 'Child Behavior Checklist' to assess parents (mothers and fathers) at Waves 5 and 7.

referenceThe study 'Pre-pandemic psychological and behavioral predictors of responses to the COVID-19 pandemic in nine countries' by Lansford et al. (in press) utilized the Child Behavior Checklist for mothers and fathers at wave 9.

procedureIn the study 'Environmental harshness and unpredictability, life history, and social and academic behavior of adolescents in nine countries', researchers utilized the 'Child Behavior Checklist' for mothers and fathers at Wave 8.

referenceThe study 'Hostile attributional bias and aggressive behavior in global context' by Dodge, A., et al. (2015) investigated the relationship between hostile attributional bias and aggressive behavior using the 'Child Behavior Checklist' (Waves 2, 3, and 4) and the 'Hostile Attribution Bias Scale for Children' (Wave 3).

procedureThe Parenting Across Cultures research project utilizes the Child Behavior Checklist to assess mothers and fathers during Waves 2 and 3 of data collection.

claimThe Child Behavior Checklist is utilized in research waves 1, 2, and 3 for youth.

referenceThe study 'Parental perceptions of children´s agency: Parental warmth, school achievement and adjustment' by Gurdal, Lansford, and Sorbring utilized the Parental Acceptance/Rejection-Control Questionnaire-Short Form, Multi-Measure Agentic Personality Scale, Child Behavior Checklist, and School Performance measures across Waves 1, 2, and 3 for mothers and fathers.

procedureThe 'Child Behavior Checklist' was utilized as a research instrument across three waves of data collection, involving mothers, fathers, and youth.

referenceThe Parenting Across Cultures project used the Child Behavior Checklist to assess child behavior in Waves 2 and 3, involving both mothers and fathers.

referenceThe study 'Parents’ and early adolescents’ self-efficacy about anger regulation and early adolescents’ internalizing and externalizing problems: A longitudinal study in three countries' (2018) by Di Giunta et al. utilized Efficacy Measures, the Anger Self-Regulation Scale, and the Child Behavior Checklist to assess mothers, fathers, and youth during Waves 3, 5, and 6.

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referenceAchenbach TM published the 'Child Behavior Checklist/4–18' in 1991 through the University of Vermont, Psychiatry department.