Developmental Behaviour Checklist.
DBC
- What it measures
- Emotional and behavioral problems in children/adolescents (and adults) with intellectual/developmental disability; subscales incl. Disruptive/Antisocial, Self-Absorbed, Communication Disturbance, Anxiety, Social Relating
- Length and format
- 96 (DBC-P parent/carer); 94 (DBC-T teacher); 24 (DBC-P24 short). 3-point (0 = not true, 1 = somewhat/sometimes, 2 = very/often true) (informant/observer report)
- Language versions
- Multiple languages incl. German, Dutch, Chinese and others
- 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
- Einfeld, S. L., & Tonge, B. J. (2002). Manual for the Developmental Behaviour Checklist (2nd ed.). Monash University / University of Sydney. (https://www.wpspublish.com/dbc2)
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