Measurement bias in caregiver-report of early childhood behavior problems across demographic factors in an ECHO-wide diverse sample

‘Measurement bias in caregiver-report of early childhood behavior problems across demographic factors in an ECHO-wide diverse sample’

Open Access paper from JCPP Advances

Research and clinical practice rely heavily on caregiver-report measures, such as the Child Behavior Checklist 1.5–5 (CBCL/1.5-5), to gather information about early childhood behavior problems and to screen for child psychopathology. While studies have shown that demographic variables influence caregiver ratings of behavior problems, the extent to which the CBCL/1.5-5 functions equivalently at the item level across diverse samples is unknown.

Authors: Shuting Zheng, Maxwell Mansolf, Monica McGrath, Marie L. Churchill, Traci A. Bekelman, Patricia A. Brennan, Amy E. Margolis, Sara S. Nozadi, Theresa M. Bastain, Amy J. Elliott, Kaja Z. LeWinn, Julie A. Hofheimer, Leslie D. Leve, Brandon Rennie, Emily Zimmerman, Carmen A. Marable, Cindy T. McEvoy, Chang Liu, Alexis Sullivan, Tracey J. Woodruff, Samiran Ghosh, Bennett Leventhal, Assiamira Ferrara, Johnnye Lewis, Somer Bishop, on behalf of program collaborators for Environmental influences on Child Health Outcomes

Shuting Zheng and Maxwell Mansolf contribute equally to this study.

First published: 20 September 2023

https://doi.org/10.1002/jcv2.12198

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