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Published in final edited form as: Psychol Addict Behav. 2012 May 7;27(2):431–442. doi: 10.1037/a0028235

Table 3.

Comparable risk taking items (wording briefly summarized/revised for presentation purposes only) from the Child Behavior Checklist (CBCL), Youth Self-Report (YSR), and Adult Self-Report (ASR) based on definition from Youth Risk Behavior Surveillance System (Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, 2008)

CBCL Cronbach’s α = .91	YSR Cronbach’s α = .90	ASR Cronbach’s α = .80
3. Argues ^b	3. Argues ^b	28. Gets along poorly with family ^b
4. Fails to finish things ^d	4. Fails to finish things ^d	53. Trouble planning the future ^d
16. Meanness ^b	16. Meanness ^b	16 Meanness ^b
21. Destroys things ^b	21. Destroys things ^b	21. Destroys things ^a
22. Disobedient, home ^b	22. Disobedient, home ^b	76. Irresponsible ^a
23. Disobedient, school ^b	23. Disobedient, school ^b	23. Breaks rules ^a
28. Breaks rules ^a	28. Breaks rules ^a	122. Trouble holding a job ^a
36. Accident prone ^c	36. Accident prone ^c	36. Accident prone ^e
37. Fights ^b	37. Fights ^b	37. Fights ^b
39. Friends get in trouble ^a	39. Friends get in trouble ^a	39. Friends get in trouble ^a
41. Impulsive ^d	41. Impulsive ^d	41. Impulsive ^a
43. Lying/cheating behavior ^a	43. Lying/cheating behavior ^a	43. Lying/cheating behavior ^a
57. Attacks people ^b	57. Attacks people ^b	57. Attacks people ^b
61. School work poor ^d	61. School work poor ^d	61. Work performance poor ^d
67. Runs away ^a	67. Runs away ^a	114. Financially irresponsible ^a
72. Intentionally sets fires ^a	72. Intentionally sets fires ^a	89. Rushes into things ^d
81. Steals, home ^a	81. Steals, home ^a	82. Steals ^a
82. Steals, outside home ^a	82. Steals, outside home ^a	92. Illegal activities ^a
90. Obscene language ^a	90. Obscene language ^a	95. Hot temper ^b
95. Hot temper ^b	95. Hot temper ^b	97. Threatens people ^b
97. Threatens others ^b	97. Threatens others ^b	124. Nicotine use ^a
99. Tobacco use ^a	99. Tobacco use ^a	101. Skips work ^d
101. Truancy ^a	101. Truancy ^a	121. Late for appointments ^d
94. Teases ^b	94. Teases ^b	120. Drives fast ^a
104. Louder than others ^b	104. Louder than others ^b	17. Trouble managing money ^a
68. Screams ^b	68. Screams ^b	-
106. Destroys property ^a	-	-

Numbers represent individual item numbers from assessment forms and letters represent item subscale;

Rule Breaking Scale;

Aggression Scale;

Social Problems Scale;

Attention Problems Scale;

Thought Problems Scale