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Preliminary Validity of the Eyberg Child Behavior Inventory With Filipino Immigrant Parents

Year: 2015

Type: article

Abstract: Filipinos are an understudied minority affected by significant behavioral health disparities. We evaluate evidence for the reliability, construct validity, and convergent validity of the Eyberg Child Behavior Inventory (ECBI) in 6- to 12-year-old Filipino children (N = 23). ECBI scores demonstrated high internal consistency, supporting a single-factor model (preintervention α = .91; postintervention α = .95). Results document convergent validity with the Child Behavior Checklist Externalizing scale at pretest (r = .54, p < .01) and posttest (r = .71, p < .001). We conclude that the ECBI is a promising tool to measure behavior problems in Filipino children.

Source: Child & Family Behavior Therapy

DOI: 10.1080/07317107.2015.1071978

Authors: Dean M. Coffey, Joyce R. Javier, Sheree M. Schrager

Institutions: University of Southern California, Children's Hospital Los Angeles

Language: English

Topic: Child and Adolescent Psychosocial and Emotional Development

Subfield: Clinical Psychology

Field: Psychology

Domain: Social Sciences

SDG: Good health and well-being

Open Access status: green

Funders: National Institutes of Health, National Center for Advancing Translational Sciences, Eunice Kennedy Shriver National Institute of Child Health and Human Development