Consistency of Teacher-Reported Problems for Students in 21 Countries

This study compared teachers' ratings of behavioral and emotional problems on the Teacher's Report Form for general population samples in 21 countries (N=30,957). Correlations between internal consistency coefficients in different countries averaged .90. Effects of country on scale scor...

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Main Authors: Rescorla, L., Achenbach, T., Ginzburg, S., Ivanova, M., Dumenci, L., Almqvist, F., Bathiche, M., Bilenberg, N., Bird, H., Domuta, A., Erol, N., Fombonne, E., Fonseca, A., Frigerio, A., Kanbayashi, Y., Lambert, M., Liu, X., Leung, P., Minaei, A., Roussos, A., Simsek, Z., Weintraub, S., Weisz, J., Wolanczyk, T., Zubrick, Stephen R., Zukauskiene, R., Verhulst, F.
Format: Journal Article
Published: National Association of School Psychologists 2007
Online Access:http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.11937/3032
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author Rescorla, L.
Achenbach, T.
Ginzburg, S.
Ivanova, M.
Dumenci, L.
Almqvist, F.
Bathiche, M.
Bilenberg, N.
Bird, H.
Domuta, A.
Erol, N.
Fombonne, E.
Fonseca, A.
Frigerio, A.
Kanbayashi, Y.
Lambert, M.
Liu, X.
Leung, P.
Minaei, A.
Roussos, A.
Simsek, Z.
Weintraub, S.
Weisz, J.
Wolanczyk, T.
Zubrick, Stephen R.
Zukauskiene, R.
Verhulst, F.
author_facet Rescorla, L.
Achenbach, T.
Ginzburg, S.
Ivanova, M.
Dumenci, L.
Almqvist, F.
Bathiche, M.
Bilenberg, N.
Bird, H.
Domuta, A.
Erol, N.
Fombonne, E.
Fonseca, A.
Frigerio, A.
Kanbayashi, Y.
Lambert, M.
Liu, X.
Leung, P.
Minaei, A.
Roussos, A.
Simsek, Z.
Weintraub, S.
Weisz, J.
Wolanczyk, T.
Zubrick, Stephen R.
Zukauskiene, R.
Verhulst, F.
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description This study compared teachers' ratings of behavioral and emotional problems on the Teacher's Report Form for general population samples in 21 countries (N=30,957). Correlations between internal consistency coefficients in different countries averaged .90. Effects of country on scale scores ranged from 3% to 13%. Gender effects ranged from <1% to 5%, and age effects were all <1%. With great consistency across countries, scores were higher for boys than for girls on eight scales: Total Problems; Externalizing; the Attention Problems, Rule-Breaking Behavior, and Aggressive Behavior syndromes; and Diagnostic and Statistical Manual (DSM)-oriented Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Problems, Oppositional Defiant Problems, and Conduct Problems. Correlations between mean item ratings in different countries averaged .74. Teacher's Report Form results were thus similar across 21 very diverse countries, despite differences across these countries in school systems, models of pedagogy, and curricula.
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spelling curtin-20.500.11937-30322017-01-30T10:27:53Z Consistency of Teacher-Reported Problems for Students in 21 Countries Rescorla, L. Achenbach, T. Ginzburg, S. Ivanova, M. Dumenci, L. Almqvist, F. Bathiche, M. Bilenberg, N. Bird, H. Domuta, A. Erol, N. Fombonne, E. Fonseca, A. Frigerio, A. Kanbayashi, Y. Lambert, M. Liu, X. Leung, P. Minaei, A. Roussos, A. Simsek, Z. Weintraub, S. Weisz, J. Wolanczyk, T. Zubrick, Stephen R. Zukauskiene, R. Verhulst, F. This study compared teachers' ratings of behavioral and emotional problems on the Teacher's Report Form for general population samples in 21 countries (N=30,957). Correlations between internal consistency coefficients in different countries averaged .90. Effects of country on scale scores ranged from 3% to 13%. Gender effects ranged from <1% to 5%, and age effects were all <1%. With great consistency across countries, scores were higher for boys than for girls on eight scales: Total Problems; Externalizing; the Attention Problems, Rule-Breaking Behavior, and Aggressive Behavior syndromes; and Diagnostic and Statistical Manual (DSM)-oriented Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Problems, Oppositional Defiant Problems, and Conduct Problems. Correlations between mean item ratings in different countries averaged .74. Teacher's Report Form results were thus similar across 21 very diverse countries, despite differences across these countries in school systems, models of pedagogy, and curricula. 2007 Journal Article http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.11937/3032 National Association of School Psychologists restricted
spellingShingle Rescorla, L.
Achenbach, T.
Ginzburg, S.
Ivanova, M.
Dumenci, L.
Almqvist, F.
Bathiche, M.
Bilenberg, N.
Bird, H.
Domuta, A.
Erol, N.
Fombonne, E.
Fonseca, A.
Frigerio, A.
Kanbayashi, Y.
Lambert, M.
Liu, X.
Leung, P.
Minaei, A.
Roussos, A.
Simsek, Z.
Weintraub, S.
Weisz, J.
Wolanczyk, T.
Zubrick, Stephen R.
Zukauskiene, R.
Verhulst, F.
Consistency of Teacher-Reported Problems for Students in 21 Countries
title Consistency of Teacher-Reported Problems for Students in 21 Countries
title_full Consistency of Teacher-Reported Problems for Students in 21 Countries
title_fullStr Consistency of Teacher-Reported Problems for Students in 21 Countries
title_full_unstemmed Consistency of Teacher-Reported Problems for Students in 21 Countries
title_short Consistency of Teacher-Reported Problems for Students in 21 Countries
title_sort consistency of teacher-reported problems for students in 21 countries
url http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.11937/3032