Measurement Structure of the Turkish Translation of the Child Behavior Checklist Using Confirmatory Factor Analytic Approaches to Validation of Syndromal Constructs

Authors: Dumenci L.¹; Erol N.²; Achenbach T.M.³; Simsek Z.⁴

Source: Journal of Abnormal Child Psychology, Volume 32, Number 3, June 2004 , pp. 335-340(6)

Publisher: Springer

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Abstract:

The new correlated 8-factor measurement structure of the Child Behavior Checklist for ages 6–18 (CBCL/6-18; T. M. Achenbach & L. A. Rescorla, 2001) derived from an American sample was used as a benchmark to evaluate its generalizability to Turkish general population (N = 5,195) and clinical (N = 963) samples. Item-level confirmatory factor analysis (CFA) was used to evaluate the adequacy of the correlated 8-factor model across 3 sample conditions (general population, clinical, and combined sample whose Total Problems scores were above the Turkish national median). The results supported the generalizability of the overall measurement structure of the CBCL to the Turkish population.

Keywords: Child Behavior Checklist; Turkish; confirmatory factor analysis; syndrome validation; cross-cultural

Document Type: Research article

DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1023/B:JACP.0000026146.67290.07

Affiliations: 1: Department of Psychiatry, University of Vermont, Bington, Vermont;, Email: levent.dumenci@uvm.edu 2: Department of Child Psychiatry, Ankara University, Ankara, Turkey 3: Department of Psychiatry, University of Vermont, Bington, Vermont 4: Department of Public Health, University of Harran, Urfa, Turkey

Publication date: 2004-06-01