title: Achenbach's Child Behavior Checklist and Teachers' Report Form in a normative sample of Greek children 6-12 years old.
abstract: Achenbach's Child Behavior Checklist (CBCL) and Teachers' Report Form (TRF) were administered to 6-12 year old school children comprising a large random community sample (n = 1200) drawn from the whole of Greece. These are the first data on the TRF in Greece and the first nation-wide data on the CBCL. Appropriate cutoff points for the behavioral problems and competence scales of both questionnaires were obtained for boys and girls. These were considerably higher than USA cutoffs for the CBCL but not for the TRF. Analysis of scores in relation to degree of urbanization showed that it was not necessary to define different cutoffs in different strata. Parents' and teachers' ratings of the same child were most highly correlated for Externalizing and Aggressive behavior for boys and for Attention problems for both sexes.
authors.affiliation: Attiki Child Psychiatry Hospital, 4 Garefi Street, 115 25 Athens, Greece. alrousou@ath.forthnet.gr
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Roussos
authors.forename: G
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Karantanos
authors.forename: C
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Richardson
authors.forename: C
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Hartman
authors.forename: D
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Karajiannis
authors.forename: S
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Kyprianos
authors.forename: H
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Lazaratou
authors.forename: O
authors.initials: O
authors.lastname: Mahaira
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Tassi
authors.forename: V
authors.initials: V
authors.lastname: Zoubou
mesh_terms: D002648:Child; D002653:Child Behavior Disorders / Q000175:diagnosis*; D005260:Female; D006115:Greece; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D010287:Parent-Child Relations; D011569:Psychiatric Status Rating Scales / Q000592:standards*; D012016:Reference Values; D012574:Schools; D012680:Sensitivity and Specificity; D014505:Urban Population