Alexandra Azevedo, Jahred Liddie, Jason Liu, Jessica E Schiff, Gary Adamkiewicz, Jaime E Hart
Effects of portable air cleaners and A/C unit fans on classroom concentrations of particulate matter in a non-urban elementary school
PloS one
research clinical practice rely heavily caregiverreport measures child behavior checklist 155 cbcl155 gather information early childhood behavior problems screen child psychopathology studies shown demographic variables influence caregiver ratings behavior problems extent cbcl155 functions equivalently item level across diverse samples unknown itemlevel data cbcl155 large sample young children n 9087 drawn 26 cohorts environmental influences child health outcomes program factor analyses alignment method applied examine measurement invariance mi differential item functioning dif across child age sex bilingual status neurodevelopmental disorders caregiver sex education level household income level depression language version administered characteristics child race examined sensitivity analyses items impactful dif across child caregiver groupings identified internalizing externalizing total problems robust item sets excluding high dif items showed good reliability high correlation original internalizing total problems scales lower reliability externalizing language version cbcl administration education level sex caregiver respondent showed significant impact mi followed child age sensitivity analyses revealed child race unique impact dif socioeconomic status cbcl155 caregiverreport measure early childhood behavior problems showed bias across demographic groups robust item sets less dif measure internalizing total problems equally well full item sets slightly lower reliability externalizing crosswalked metric full item set enabling calculation normed scores based robust item sets