1. [Spanish version of ECBI (Eyberg Child Behavior Inventory): measurement of validity].
- Author
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Fernández de Pinedo R, Gorostiza Garay E, Lafuente Mesanza P, Ojembarrena Martínez E, and Olaskoaga Arrate A
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- Age Factors, Child, Preschool, Cross-Over Studies, Evaluation Studies as Topic, Female, Humans, Male, Primary Health Care, Spain, Surveys and Questionnaires, Child Behavior, Child Behavior Disorders diagnosis, Psychometrics
- Abstract
Objectives: To translate into Castilian (Spanish) and measure the validity of the ECBI (Eyberg Child Behaviour Inventory), a questionnaire to screen behavioural disorders in pre-school children., Design: Translation and back-translation of the ECBI. A descriptive crossover study., Setting: Primary Care Paediatrics., Patients: All the 3, 4 and 5-year olds from 4 paediatric clinics at 4 Health Centres (n = 527). One refusal., Measurements and Main Results: The questionnaire was filled in by the children's mothers and was repeated 20 days afterwards for 35 children. High coefficients of internal consistency (Cronbach's alpha = 0.87) and stability (intragroup correlation = 0.89 [0.78-0.94]) were obtained. There was good factorial validity, as 84% of the variance was explained by the four factors with value greater than 1., Conclusions: The Spanish version of the ECBI is a brief and easy questionnaire with good results in psychometric assessment. Therefore, it can be recommended for use in paediatric Primary Care in order to detect children with behavioural problems.
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- 1998