Indian Journal of Public Health Research & Development
  • Year: 2019
  • Volume: 10
  • Issue: 10

Effectiveness of CBCL/1, 5–5 for Detection of Emotional and Behavioral Problem in Autistic Spectrum Disorder Children

1Department of Nursing, Universitas Gadjah Mada, Yogyakarta, Indonesia

2Department of Pediatrics, Faculty of Medicine, Public Health, and Nursing, Universitas Gadjah Mada, Yogyakarta, Indonesia

3Departmen of Child Health, Faculty of Medicine, Airlangga University, Surabaya, Indonesia

4Graduate School of Health Sciences, Kobe University, Japan

*Corresponding Author: Sri Hartini, Department of Nursing, Faculty of Medicine, Public Health, and Nursing, Universitas Gadjah Mada, Yogyakarta, Indonesia Email: srihartini.psik@ugm.ac.id

Online published on 23 December, 2019.

Abstract

The Child Behavior Checklist/1, 5–5 is a widely utilize to assess emotional and behavioral problems (EBP) in children aged 1, 5–5 years in USA and Europe. Although, CBCL/1, 5–5 have been used on ASD and normal children in many societies. However, the CBCL/1, 5–5 in Indonesian version has not been proven to assess EBP in Indonesian ASD children.

The aim of this study was to examine the effectiveness of CBCL/1, 5–5 to screen of EBP in Indonesian children with ASD.

This study used a Cross-Sectional design. One hundred and eighteen mothers of ASD and Typical Development children (TD) were registered in this study. Statistical analysis was performed using A Chi-Square and Independent T-Test.

Six of seven CBCL/1, 5–5 scales were significantly higher in children with ASD compared to TD (except anxious). Total problems, internalizing, and externalizing scores were significantly higher in ASD than those with TD children in Indonesia.

The CBCL/1, 5–5 is suitable tool to detect problem of emotional and behavioral in Indonesian ASD children

Keywords

Problems of Emotional and Behavioral, Children with ASD, Child Behavior Checklist/CBCL 1, 5–5