title: Development and use of the Preschool Behavior Inventory.
abstract: This article is on the development and use of the Preschool Behavior Inventory (PBI), a mental health screening tool for preschool children. The PBI was developed to fulfill the need for a valid and reliable mental health screening tool for preschool children that could be completed by parents in a brief period of time in a variety of settings, including well-child clinics, pediatricians' offices, outpatient clinics, hospitals, Head Start programs, day-care centers, and preschools. The validity and reliability of the PBI were tested in three phases on 433 preschool children in Tacoma-Pierce County, WA. The children were in day care, preschools, or early childhood screening programs. To test the validity and reliability of the PBI, comparisons were made between parents' ratings on the PBI and ratings on the Mental Health Rating Scale completed by preschool teachers, day-care providers, and/or mental health specialists in the Tacoma-Pierce County Health Department. Based on these studies, the PBI was found to have good validity and reliability.
authors.forename: M H
authors.initials: MH
authors.lastname: Rose
mesh_terms: D002652:Child Behavior; D002675:Child, Preschool; D006801:Humans; D008603:Mental Health; D010290:Parents; D010555:Personality Inventory; D011581:Psychological Tests; D002666:Psychology, Child; D011795:Surveys and Questionnaires