Acceptability of the Conners Parent Rating Scale and Child Behavior Checklist to Dakotan/Lakotan parents.
OBJECTIVE
The objective of this pilot study was to determine how Dakotan/Lakotan parents view the Conners Parent Rating Scale (CPRS) and Child Behavior Checklist (CBCL).


METHODS
Using a focus group methodology, four discussion groups were held in different sites across South Dakota where the CPRS and CBCL were in clinical use.


RESULTS
Only two questions on each form were incomprehensible to these Dakotan/Lakotan parents. Other questions were hard to answer because certain questions contained implicit dominant cultural values that did not take into account Dakotan/Lakotan cultural values or traditions, or the questions were hard to answer because Dakotan/Lakotan believed their responses could or would be misunderstood by members of the dominant culture who did not understand Dakotan/Lakotan style or customs.


CONCLUSIONS
The CPRS and CBCL were generally acceptable to Dakotan/Lakotan parents. Clinicians could make several statements to Native parents that would improve cultural acceptability.
Oesterheld
J R
JR
Division of Child Psychiatry, University of South Dakota School of Medicine, Sioux Falls, USA.
Haber
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J
D000328:Adult; D002648:Child; D002653:Child Behavior Disorders / Q000175:diagnosis*; D003431:Cross-Cultural Comparison; D005260:Female; D017144:Focus Groups; D006801:Humans; D007198:Indians, North American; D008297:Male; D010290:Parents; D011594:Psychometrics; D015203:Reproducibility of Results; D013023:South Dakota