Original scientific paper
Comparison of Self-Reported and Parent-Reported Emotional and Behavioral Problems in Adolescents from Croatia
Ivan Begovac
Vlasta Rudan
Milena Skočić
Oleg Filipović
Lajos Szirovicza
Abstract
The first goal of this study was to obtain, Child Behavior Checklist (CBCL) and Youth Self-Report (YSR) problem-scales data for youths in Croatia, and compare them to the original American sample. The second goal of this study was to compare boys -girls problem scales data and CBCL-YSR differences. The instruments were administered to school adolescents aged between 12–18 comprising a non-referred sample (n=611) drawn from the whole country. Youths, compared to their parents, rated higher scores in all scales in both sexes (p<0.001). According to parents’ reports boys had higher scores in more scales (five out of eleven). According to adolescents’ self-reports girls had higher scores in more scales (seven out of eleven). Consistent with other studies, Croatian sample confirmed a larger number of serious behavioral and emotional problems reported by adolescents. Adolescents were confirmed as the most reliable informants on their problems.
Keywords
CBCL; TRF; adolescents; emotional and behavioral problems; Croatia; cross-cultural comparison
Hrčak ID:
4921
URI
Publication date:
15.6.2004.
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