title: Analysis of two measures of child behavior problems by African American, Latino, and non-Hispanic Caucasian parents of young children: a focus group study.
abstract: This study examined how parents from different racial/ethnic, income, and language groups viewed two widely used parent-report measures of child behavior problems, the Child Behavior Checklist and the Eyberg Child Behavior Inventory. Seventy African American, Latino, and non-Latino Caucasian parents of preschoolers stratified by income met in 1 of 15 focus groups to discuss their perceptions of the instruments. Participants agreed that items on these instruments were relevant indicators of child behavior problems. Overall, parents found the items on both instruments useful, comprehensible, and acceptable. The findings support the use of these instruments in pediatric practice with ethnically diverse parents of young children.
authors.affiliation: Rush University College of Nursing, Chicago, IL 60025-0605, USA. a-sivan@northwestern.edu
authors.forename: Abigail B
authors.initials: AB
authors.lastname: Sivan
authors.forename: Alison
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Ridge
authors.forename: Deborah
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Gross
authors.forename: Reginald
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Richardson
authors.forename: Julia
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Cowell
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D001741:Black or African American / Q000208:ethnology*; D001294:Attitude to Health / Q000208:ethnology; D002652:Child Behavior / Q000523:psychology; D002653:Child Behavior Disorders / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000523:psychology; D002675:Child, Preschool; D003431:Cross-Cultural Comparison; D018864:Cultural Diversity; D005260:Female; D017144:Focus Groups; D006630:Hispanic or Latino / Q000208:ethnology*; D006801:Humans; D007182:Income; D008297:Male; D009730:Nursing Assessment / Q000379:methods; D015403:Nursing Evaluation Research; D015404:Nursing Methodology Research; D010290:Parents / Q000523:psychology*; D002666:Psychology, Child; D011594:Psychometrics; D011795:Surveys and Questionnaires / Q000592:standards*; D044465:White People / Q000208:ethnology*