Factor Structure of the Child Behavior Checklist/6-18 in a Sample of Girls Adopted from China
Document Type
Article
Publication Date
3-2008
Keywords
Child Behavior Checklist/6-18, confirmatory factor analysis, adopted children, Chinese girls, problem behavior
Digital Object Identifier (DOI)
http://doi.org/10.1037/1040-3590.20.1.70
Abstract
Confirmatory factor analysis with robust weighted least squares estimation of the 103 dichotomously scored items of the Child Behavior Checklist/6-18 (T. M. Achenbach & L. A. Rescorla, 2001) in a sample of 516 girls adopted from China (ages 6.0-15.7 years; M = 8.2, SD = 1.9) indicated that the fit of the 8-factor model was good (root-mean-square error of approximation = .047) and was slightly better than what T. M. Achenbach and L. A. Rescorla (2001) reported for the same model (.06). Support for the 2nd-order factor structure of Internalizing and Externalizing Problems also was provided. Comparisons of the mean scores for the syndromes and Internalizing, Externalizing, and Total Problems revealed mostly small differences between the sample of adopted Chinese girls and T. M. Achenbach and L. A. Rescorla's normative samples.
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Yes
Citation / Publisher Attribution
Psychological Assessment, v. 20, issue 1, p. 70-75.
Scholar Commons Citation
Dedrick, Robert F.; Tan, Tony X.; and Marfo, Kofi, "Factor Structure of the Child Behavior Checklist/6-18 in a Sample of Girls Adopted from China" (2008). Educational and Psychological Studies Faculty Publications. 65.
https://digitalcommons.usf.edu/esf_facpub/65
