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[Eyberg inventory of child behavior. Standardization of the Spanish version and its usefulness in ambulatory
S García-Tornel Florensa1, E J Calzada, S M Eyberg
1Hospital Sant Joan de Déu, Barcelona.
Insights
The Spanish version of the Eyberg Behavioral Child Inventory (EBCI), now the Inventario de Eyberg para el Comportamiento de Niño (IECN), is a reliable tool for detecting child behavior problems in pediatric clinics.
Area of Science:
- Child Psychology
- Psychometrics
- Pediatric Healthcare
Context:
- Behavioral problems are prevalent in pediatric outpatient settings.
- A need exists for accessible tools to evaluate these issues.
- The Eyberg Behavioral Child Inventory (EBCI) is a widely used measure.
Purpose:
- To establish the psychometric properties of the Spanish version of the EBCI (IECN).
- To validate a 36-item questionnaire for assessing child behavior problems.
- To determine the reliability and validity of the IECN for use in clinical settings.
Summary:
- The ECBI was translated into Spanish, creating the IECN.
- The study included 518 healthy children aged 2-12 from various pediatric clinics.
- The IECN demonstrated good internal consistency (Cronbach's alpha = 0.73) and strong test-retest reliability (r=0.89-0.93).
- Interrater reliability ranged from r=0.32 to 0.58, and concurrent validity was r=0.343.
Impact:
- The IECN is a practical and user-friendly instrument for pediatricians.
- It facilitates the early detection of behavioral issues in children.
- This tool can improve the management of child behavioral problems in primary care.
Objective:
Taking into account the high prevalence of behavioral problems in the pediatric outpatient clinic, a need for a useful and easy to administer tool for the evaluation of this problem arises. The psychometric characteristics of the Spanish version of the Eyberg Behavioral Child Inventory (EBCI), [in Spanish Inventario de Eyberg para el Comportamiento de Niño (IECN)], a 36-item questionnaire were established.
Patients And Methods:
The ECBI inventory/questionnaire was translated into Spanish. The basis of the ECBI is the evaluation of the child's behavior through the parents' answers to the questionnaire. Healthy children between 2 and 12 years of age were included and were taken from pediatric outpatient clinics from urban and suburban areas of Barcelona and from our hospital's own ambulatory clinic.
Results:
The final sample included 518 subjects. The mean score on the intensity scale was 96.8 and on the problem scale 3.9. Internal consistency (Cronbach's alpha) was 0.73 and the test-retest had an r of 0.89 (p < 0.001) for the intensity scale and r = 0.93 (p < 0.001) for the problem scale. Interrater reliability for the intensity scale was r = 0.58 (p < 0.001) and r = 0.32 (p < 0.001) for the problem scale. Concurrent validity between both scales was r = 0.343 (p < 0.001).
Conclusions:
The IECN is a useful and easy tool to apply in the pediatrician's office as a method for early detection of behavior problems.
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