Using the CBCL to screen for maltreatment in young children
Theresa Jane Uchison (2006) This study explored whether a set of
conceptually identified behaviors, as reported on the Child
Behavior Checklist (CBCL) 1½ to 5 could be utilized to
discriminate accurately between populations of maltreated
children and children from a normative sample. Bessel van der
Kolk's biopsychosocial theory of trauma, which explains the
cause and effect relationship between child maltreatment and
behavior, served as the basis for the conceptual framework. This
theory offers an alternative to trauma-related diagnostic
criteria for conceptualizing maltreatment related symptomology
in young children. Van der Kolk breaks down abuse-related
sequelae into four categories: the capacity to modulate
emotions, difficulty learning new coping skills, alterations in
immune competency, and impairment in the capacity to engage in
meaningful social affiliations. These categories, or trauma
sequelae , parallel the biological, psychological, and s