Analysis of Two Measures of Child Behavior Problems by African American, Latino, and Non-Hispanic Caucasian Parents of Young Children: A Focus Group Study

Abigail B. Sivan; Alison Ridge; Deborah Gross; Reginald Richardson; Julia Cowell

doi:10.1016/j.pedn.2007.07.005

Analysis of Two Measures of Child Behavior Problems by African American, Latino, and Non-Hispanic Caucasian Parents of Young Children: A Focus Group Study

Abigail B. Sivan^*, Alison Ridge, Deborah Gross, Reginald Richardson, Julia Cowell

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This study examined how parents from different racial/ethnic, income, and language groups viewed two widely used parent-report measures of child behavior problems, the Child Behavior Checklist and the Eyberg Child Behavior Inventory. Seventy African American, Latino, and non-Latino Caucasian parents of preschoolers stratified by income met in 1 of 15 focus groups to discuss their perceptions of the instruments. Participants agreed that items on these instruments were relevant indicators of child behavior problems. Overall, parents found the items on both instruments useful, comprehensible, and acceptable. The findings support the use of these instruments in pediatric practice with ethnically diverse parents of young children.

Original language	English (US)
Pages (from-to)	20-27
Number of pages	8
Journal	Journal of Pediatric Nursing
Volume	23
Issue number	1
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1016/j.pedn.2007.07.005
State	Published - Feb 2008

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This study was supported by a grant from the National Institute of Nursing Research, R01 NR07750. The authors thank Rocio Munoz-Dunbar, PhD, and Claudia Murphy for their skilled and diligent handling of the Latino focus groups.

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