Development and validation of a short form of the German Developmental Behaviour Checklist for Teachers (DBC-T)

IF 2.9 2区医学 Q1 EDUCATION, SPECIAL

Research in Developmental Disabilities Pub Date : 2025-05-20 DOI:10.1016/j.ridd.2025.105042

Carmen L.A. Zurbriggen , Friederike T. Hell , Hans-Christoph Steinhausen , Christoph M. Müller

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Abstract

Background

Children and adolescents with an intellectual disability (ID) show increased rates of emotional and behavioural problems, presenting significant challenges for the afflicted individuals, their families, and their teachers. The teacher version of the Developmental Behaviour Checklist (DBC-T) is a reliable and valid questionnaire comprising 94 items that assess emotional and behavioural problems in children and adolescents with ID.

Aims

The present study aimed to develop and validate a short form of the German DBC-T that retains the structure and the good psychometric properties of the full version, thereby allowing for the interpretation of the subscale scores.

Methods and procedures

Data were obtained from a longitudinal study involving 397 teacher staff members who reported on 1177 children and adolescents with ID at two time points during one school year (T1, T2). The full version of the DBC-T was shortened in a two-stage process based on data from T1. The reliability of the subscales of the short form and various aspects of construct validity were evaluated using data from T1 and T2.

Results

A short form of 35 items was developed. The factor structure was confirmed at both T1 and T2. The five subscales demonstrated good internal consistency. The findings indicated both discriminant and convergent validity in relation to adaptive behaviour, as well as known-group validity concerning gender and age.

Conclusions

The proposed short form complements the full version of the DBC-T and offers a time-efficient means of assessing multiple students simultaneously, as often required in school and research contexts.

What this paper adds?

This study develops and validates a short form of the German Developmental Behaviour Checklist (DBC-T) that assess emotional and behavioural problems in children and adolescents with intellectual disability. The proposed short form retains the subscale format of the DBC-T, allowing for interpretation of the subscale scores. The short form demonstrated good psychometric properties. As a reliable, valid and time-efficient instrument, the short version may supplement the full version.

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德语教师发展行为简易检查表（DBC-T）的开发与验证

患有智力残疾（ID）的儿童和青少年表现出情绪和行为问题的发生率增加，这对受折磨的个人、他们的家庭和他们的老师提出了重大挑战。教师版的发展行为检查表（bc - t）是一份可靠有效的问卷，包含94个项目，评估患有本症的儿童和青少年的情绪和行为问题。本研究旨在开发和验证德国bc - t的简短形式，保留完整版本的结构和良好的心理测量特性，从而允许解释子量表得分。方法和程序数据来自一项纵向研究，涉及397名教师，他们在一学年（T1, T2）的两个时间点报告了1177名患有ID的儿童和青少年。基于T1的数据，bc - t的完整版本在两个阶段的过程中被缩短。使用T1和T2的数据评估短表子量表的信度和构念效度的各个方面。结果编制了一份包含35个条目的简短表格。因子结构在T1和T2均得到确认。五个分量表具有良好的内部一致性。结果表明，与适应行为相关的差异效度和收敛效度，以及与性别和年龄相关的已知组效度。建议的简短形式补充了bc - t的完整版本，并提供了一种省时的方法来同时评估多名学生，这在学校和研究环境中经常需要。这篇文章补充了什么？本研究开发并验证了一种简短形式的德国发展行为检查表（DBC-T），用于评估智障儿童和青少年的情绪和行为问题。拟议的简短形式保留了DBC-T的分量表格式，允许对分量表分数进行解释。简短形式表现出良好的心理测量特性。摘要作为一种可靠、有效和省时的工具，可以作为全文的补充。

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Research in Developmental Disabilities Multiple-

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期刊介绍： Research In Developmental Disabilities is aimed at publishing original research of an interdisciplinary nature that has a direct bearing on the remediation of problems associated with developmental disabilities. Manuscripts will be solicited throughout the world. Articles will be primarily empirical studies, although an occasional position paper or review will be accepted. The aim of the journal will be to publish articles on all aspects of research with the developmentally disabled, with any methodologically sound approach being acceptable.