E-ISSN : 2733-4538
Child Behavior Checklists completed by parents of 962 clinically referred Korean boys aged 4-5, 6-11 and 12-16 were subjected to principal components analyses and varimax rotations. Of the behavior problem syndromes derived from the analyses, aggressive, hyperactive, delinquent, social withdrawal and somatic complaints syndromes were similar in their item compositions across the three age groups, while internalizing syndromes such as depressive, anxious, and schizoid/psychotic syndromes tended to vary depending on the age groups. Comparison of empirically derived syndrome scales of the American and Korean CBCL indicated that externalizing syndromes such as aggressive, delinquent, hyperactive Syndromes were similar across different cultures, while relatively more crosscultural differences were found in internalizing syndromes and psychotic/schizoid syndromes.