Assessing emotional and behavioral problems in children with intellectual disability: revisiting the factor structure of the developmental behavior checklist.
The objective of the reported study was to reassess the factor structure of the Developmental Behaviour Checklist (DBC) in a large cross-cultural sample representing all levels of intellectual disability. Parent and teacher DBC ratings on a combined sample of 1536 Dutch and Australian children and adolescents (ages 3-22) with mild to profound intellectual disability were used. Principal components analyses produced five subscales: Disruptive/Antisocial, Self-Absorbed. Communication Disturbance, Anxiety, and Social Relating, explaining 43.7% of the total variance. Internal consistencies of these subscales ranged from .66 to .91. The revised factor structure of the DBC appears to be an improved and useful tool for assessing emotional and behavioral problems in children with intellectual disabilities.
Dekker
Marielle C
MC
Department of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry, Erasmus MC-Sophia Children's Hospital, Rotterdam, The Netherlands. dekker@psys.azr.nl
Nunn
Russell J
RJ
Einfeld
Stewart E
SE
Tonge
Bruce J
BJ
Koot
Hans M
HM
D000293:Adolescent; D002648:Child; D002653:Child Behavior Disorders / Q000150:complications* / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000453:epidemiology; D002675:Child, Preschool; D005163:Factor Analysis, Statistical; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008607:Intellectual Disability / Q000150:complications*; D008297:Male; D019964:Mood Disorders / Q000150:complications* / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000453:epidemiology; D015995:Prevalence; D015203:Reproducibility of Results; D012494:Sampling Studies; D012720:Severity of Illness Index; D011795:Surveys and Questionnaires