TY  - JOUR
PY  - 2015//
TI  - The Child Behavior Checklist dysregulation profile in preschool children: a broad dysregulation syndrome
JO  - Journal of the American Academy of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry
A1  - Geeraerts, Sanne Barbara
A1  - Deutz, Marike Hester Francisca
A1  - Dekovic, Maja
A1  - Bunte, Tessa
A1  - Schoemaker, Kim
A1  - Espy, Kimberly Andrews
A1  - Prinzie, Peter
A1  - van Baar, Anneloes
A1  - Matthys, Walter
SP  - 595
EP  - 602.e2
VL  - 54
IS  - 7
N2  - OBJECTIVE: Children with concurrent impairments in regulating affect, behavior, and cognition can be identified with the Anxious/Depressed, Aggressive Behavior, and Attention Problems scales (or AAA scales) of the Child Behavior Checklist (CBCL). Jointly, these scales form the Dysregulation Profile (DP). Despite persuasive evidence that DP is a marker for severe developmental problems, no consensus exists on the preferred conceptualization and operationalization of DP in preschool years. We addressed this concern by testing and validating the factor structure of DP in a group of predominantly clinically referred preschool children. <br><br>METHOD: Participants were 247 children (195 boys and 52 girls), aged 3.5 to 5.5 years. Children were assessed at baseline and 18 months later, using parent and teacher reports, a clinical interview with parents, behavioral observations, and neuropsychological tasks. <br><br>RESULTS: Confirmatory factor analysis showed that a bifactor model, with a general DP factor and 3 specific factors representing the AAA scales, fitted the data better than a second-order model and a one-factor model for both parent-reported and teacher-reported child problem behavior. Criterion validity analyses showed that the DP factor was concurrently and longitudinally associated with markers of dysregulation and clinically relevant criteria, whereas the specific factors representing the AAA scales were more differentially related to those criteria. <br><br>CONCLUSION: DP is best conceptualized as a broad syndrome of dysregulation that exists in addition to the specific syndromes as represented by the AAA scales. Implications for researchers and clinicians are discussed.<p />  <p>Language: en</p>
LA  - en
SN  - 0890-8567
UR  - http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.jaac.2015.04.012
ID  - ref1
ER  -