Parental agreement regarding children behavioral problems through the CBCL

Authors

  • Juliane Callegaro Borsa Universidade Federal do Rio Grande do Sul
  • Maria Lucia Tiellet Nunes Pontifícia Universidade Católica do Rio Grande do Sul

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.1590/S0103-863X2008000200009

Keywords:

Parent child relations, Child behavior checklist, CBCL, Problem children

Abstract

This study aimed to verify the agreement level between answers of fathers and mothers related to the behavioral problems of their children through the Child Behavior Checklist 6/18 [CBCL-6/18]. The sampled consisted of 146 couples with non-clinical children aged six to ten years old, students of an elementary school in Porto Alegre, RS, Brazil. Questionnaires were sent to parents of all children in this age range. The parents' answers to the CBCL classify children as Clinical or Non-Clinical in the following scales: Social Competence, Internalizing Problem Behavior, Externalizing Problem Behavior and Total Behavior Problems. Agreement between fathers and mothers answers was moderate for Internalizing and Externalizing problems (K=0.464; K=0.572) and low for Social Competence and Total Behavior Problems (K=0.327; K=0.347). These results confirm findings in the literature, which report little agreement between fathers and mothers reports regarding their children's behavioral problems.

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Published

2008-01-01

Issue

Vol. 18 No. 40 (2008)

Section

Empirical Research

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How to Cite

Borsa, J. C., & Nunes, M. L. T. (2008). Parental agreement regarding children behavioral problems through the CBCL . Paidéia (Ribeirão Preto), 18(40), 317-330. https://doi.org/10.1590/S0103-863X2008000200009