Validity of the Aberrant Behavior Checklist in a Clinical Sample of Toddlers

Autor/inn/en	Karabekiroglu, Koray; Aman, Michael G.
Titel	Validity of the Aberrant Behavior Checklist in a Clinical Sample of Toddlers
Quelle	In: Child Psychiatry and Human Development, 40 (2009) 1, S.99-110 (12 Seiten) PDF als Volltext Verfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	0009-398X
DOI	10.1007/s10578-008-0108-7
Schlagwörter	Check Lists; Autism; Hyperactivity; Predictive Validity; Behavior Disorders; Psychiatry; Toddlers; Child Behavior; Patients; Foreign Countries; Withdrawal (Psychology); Scores; Turkey + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Checkliste; Autismus; Hyperaktivität; Psychiatrie; Infant; Infants; Toddler; Kleinkind; Patient; Ausland; Rückzugsverhalten; Türkei
Abstract	We investigated the congruent and criterion validity of the Aberrant Behavior Checklist (ABC) in a clinical sample of toddlers seen over 1 year in Turkey. All consecutive patients (N = 93), 14-43 months old (mean, 30.6 mos.), in a child psychiatry outpatient clinic were included. The ABC, Autism Behavior Checklist (AuBC), and Child Behavior Checklist 2/3 (CBCL) were completed by the children's parents. Internal consistency for ABC subscales was moderate to high. The total ABC score, which is interdependent with subscales (e.g., Irritability, Social Withdrawal) of the ABC, was significantly correlated with the CBCL-total (r = 0.73) and AuBC-total (r = 0.71) scores. Subscales of the ABC revealed significant differences between diagnostic groups. ABC Total, and the Irritability and Hyperactivity subscale scores, were significantly higher in children with externalizing disorders; the Lethargy/Social Withdrawal and Stereotypic Behavior subscale scores were significantly higher in toddlers with autism. The ABC appears to be capable of discriminating several syndromes, such as disruptive behavior disorders and autism in early childhood. (As Provided).
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Update	2017/4/10