Child Behavior Checklist (and the ASEBA school-age forms: CBCL/6-18, Teacher's Report Form, Youth Self-Report).
CBCL / ASEBA
- What it measures
- Broadband child/adolescent emotional and behavioral problems; 8 empirically-derived syndrome scales (Anxious/Depressed, Withdrawn/Depressed, Somatic Complaints, Social Problems, Thought Problems, Attention Problems, Rule-Breaking Behavior, Aggressive Behavior) plus Internalizing/Externalizing/Total and DSM-oriented scales; competence scales
- Length and format
- 120 (CBCL/6-18 problem items); TRF ~120; YSR ~119; CBCL/1.5-5 (preschool) 100 problem items. 3-point (0 = not true, 1 = somewhat/sometimes true, 2 = very/often true) (informant/observer report)
- Language versions
- 100+ languages/societies (one of the most translated psychological instruments worldwide); incl. ES, FR, DE, PT, ZH, AR, NL, IT, RU, JP and many more
- Normative data
- No normative data held in our reference library for this instrument. That is a statement about our library, not about the published literature.
- Licence
- copyrighted - commercial
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- Reference
- Achenbach, T. M., & Rescorla, L. A. (2001). Manual for the ASEBA School-Age Forms & Profiles. Burlington, VT: ASEBA. (https://aseba.org)
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