Table I.
The Thresholds for the Liability Distributions and the Percentages of Children in the Three Groups (Low, Middle, and High) for the Maternal (M) and Paternal (P) Ratings of the Different DSM‐Oriented CBCL Scales in Boys and Girls
| Affective | Anxiety | Somatic | ADHD | Oppositional defiant | Conduct | Obsessive‐compulsive | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| M | P | M | P | M | P | M | P | M | P | M | P | M | P | |
| Boys | ||||||||||||||
| Thresh1 | −0.09 | 0.08 | −0.16 | −0.04 | 0.32 | 0.51 | −0.20 | ‐0.11 | −0.35 | −0.20 | −0.23 | −0.14 | 0.07 | 0.23 |
| Thresh2 | 0.53 | 0.76 | 0.50 | 0.61 | 0.92 | 1.14 | 0.56 | 0.47 | 0.50 | 0.64 | 0.28 | 0.38 | 0.72 | 0.91 |
| Low | 46.4% | 53.2% | 43.6% | 48.4% | 62.6% | 69.5% | 42.1% | 45.6% | 36.3% | 42.1% | 40.9% | 44.4% | 52.8% | 59.1% |
| Middle | 23.8% | 24.4% | 25.6% | 24.5% | 19.5% | 17.7% | 29.1% | 22.5% | 32.9% | 31.8% | 20.1% | 20.4% | 23.6% | 22.8% |
| High | 29.8% | 22.4% | 30.8% | 27.1% | 17.9% | 12.8% | 28.8% | 31.9% | 30.9% | 26.1% | 38.7% | 35.2% | 23.6% | 18.1% |
| Girls | ||||||||||||||
| Thresh1 | −0.14 | −0.01 | −0.21 | −0.07 | 0.20 | 0.43 | 0.15 | 0.22 | −0.13 | 0.02 | 0.15 | 0.20 | 0.02 | 0.21 |
| Thresh2 | 0.51 | 0.71 | 0.46 | 0.60 | 0.79 | 1.05 | 0.89 | 0.78 | 0.79 | 0.91 | 0.72 | 0.76 | 0.73 | 0.92 |
| Low | 44.4% | 49.6% | 41.7% | 47.2% | 57.9% | 66.6% | 56% | 58.7% | 44.8% | 50.8% | 56% | 57.9% | 50.8% | 58.3% |
| Middle | 25.1% | 26.6% | 26% | 25.4% | 20.6% | 18.7% | 25.3% | 19.5% | 33.7% | 31.1% | 20.4% | 19.7% | 25.9% | 23.8% |
| High | 30.5% | 23.8% | 32.3% | 27.4% | 21.5% | 14.7% | 18.7% | 21.8% | 21.5% | 18.1% | 23.6% | 22.4% | 23.3% | 17.9% |
| – | ||||||||||||||
| Low | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0–1 | 0–1 | 0–1 | 0–1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Middle | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2–3 | 2–3 | 2–3 | 2–3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 |
| High | 2–15 | 2–17 | 2–12 | 2–11 | 2–14 | 2–14 | 4–10 | 4–10 | 4–10 | 4–10 | 2–23 | 2–20 | 2–15 | 2–13 |
The last three rows show the problem scores that were included into the three groups for each scale, with threshold 1 separating the low and middle groups and threshold 2 separating the middle and high groups. ADHD: attention deficit/hyperactivity disorder.