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Acceptability of the Conners Parent Rating Scale and Child Behavior Checklist to Dakotan/Lakotan parents
1Division of Child Psychiatry, University of South Dakota School of Medicine, Sioux Falls, USA.
Objective:
The objective of this pilot study was to determine how Dakotan/Lakotan parents view the Conners Parent Rating Scale (CPRS) and Child Behavior Checklist (CBCL).
Method:
Using a focus group methodology, four discussion groups were held in different sites across South Dakota where the CPRS and CBCL were in clinical use.
Results:
Only two questions on each form were incomprehensible to these Dakotan/Lakotan parents. Other questions were hard to answer because certain questions contained implicit dominant cultural values that did not take into account Dakotan/Lakotan cultural values or traditions, or the questions were hard to answer because Dakotan/Lakotan believed their responses could or would be misunderstood by members of the dominant culture who did not understand Dakotan/Lakotan style or customs.
Conclusions:
The CPRS and CBCL were generally acceptable to Dakotan/Lakotan parents. Clinicians could make several statements to Native parents that would improve cultural acceptability.