Psychometric Properties of the Child Behavior Checklist (CBCL) for Ages 6-18 to Identify Autism Spectrum Disorders (ASD) in a Turkish Parent Sample.
Mahir Uğurlu, Esra Sözer Boz, Sedat Turgut
PMID 39060705WHAT IT FOUND
In Turkish parents rating children with ASD, the CBCL/6-18 gave usable behavior-problem scores after a few items were dropped.
Guilt and suicidality were hardest for parents to report, so low scores there may reflect recognition, not absence.
Key findings
01After removing problematic items, the Turkish parent-rated CBCL/6-18 subscales separated children by behavior problem level well enough to be usable.
02Three items were removed because they did not fit the subscales, leaving 25 internalizing, 28 externalizing, and 34 total problem items.
03Some items, such as sense of guilt and suicidality, were very hard for parents to endorse, so a low score may not mean the child lacks those problems.
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What it does not show
The children were only 7 to 14, although the CBCL/6-18 covers ages 6 to 18, so the results do not cover the full age range. Only parent ratings were used, not teacher or child reports, so differences between settings were not checked. The sample was Turkish parents, so the results may not apply to other languages or cultures. The supplied text does not state how ASD was confirmed, so the scale was not tested against a diagnostic reference standard. Several items were removed or showed disordered response categories, so the original checklist may not work item-for-item in this sample.
Declared interests
The paper names Bartin University as funder. No other conflicts of interest are reported in the supplied text.
The easy way to misread this
Do not treat the CBCL/6-18 as a diagnostic test for autism or as a speech-language assessment. This paper tested parent-reported behavior problems, removed some items, and did not compare the checklist with a diagnostic reference standard.
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