Table 3.

Cronbach's Alpha for CBCL for Brazil and US samples for ages 6–11

	Brazil Non-referred (n = 1228)	Brazil Referred (n = 247)	US Non-referred (n = 733)	US Referred (n = 733)
Total problems	0.95	0.95	0.93	0.96
Internalizing	0.83	0.86	0.81	0.89
Externalizing	0.89	0.92	0.86	0.93
Syndromes
Anxious/depressed	0.72	0.72	0.72	0.82
Withdrawn/depressed	0.67	0.76	0.64	0.75
Somatic complaints	0.70	0.76	0.63	0.75
Social problems	0.68	0.75	0.70	0.76
Thought problems	0.70	0.77	0.54	0.78
Attention problems	0.76	0.83	0.73	0.79
Rule-breaking behaviour	0.62	0.77	0.58	0.79
Aggressive behaviour	0.87	0.91	0.84	0.92
DSM-oriented scales
Affective problems	0.69	0.70	0.59	0.78
Anxiety problems	0.56	0.62	0.51	0.69
Somatic problems	0.70	0.71	0.64	0.72
Attention deficit problems	0.78	0.79	0.70	0.79
Oppositional problems	0.74	0.79	0.72	0.81
Conduct problems	0.81	0.88	0.73	0.80