Mental health screening of preschool children
Validity and reliability of Able
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 9054102 |
|---|---|
| Authors | O A Barbarin (0000-0003-3075-2986, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, corresponding author) |
| Year | 2007 |
| Volume | 77 |
| Issue | 3 |
| Pages | 402-418 |
| Publication date | 2007-07-01 |
| Peer Reviewed | Yes |
| Open Access | No |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | American Journal of Orthopsychiatry (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 0002-9432 • E-ISSN: 1939-0025 |
| Publisher | American Psychological Association (APA) (PUBLISHER) |
| DOI | 10.1037/0002-9432.77.3.402 |
| PMID | 17696669 |
| OpenAlex | W2165952002 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 12 |
| References cited | 15 |
Children with behavioral, emotional or language problems struggle to do well at school often with limited success. ABLE (Attention, Behavior, Language, and Emotions), a new screening tool, was used to estimate the prevalence and the severity of concerns parents and teachers have about children's school adjustment and evaluate their need for services. Data obtained from the parents and teachers of children randomly selected from public Pre-K classrooms in 6 states (N = 415) and from a mental health screening of rural and urban children (N = 5,577) support the validity and reliability of ABLE. Parents identified severe problems in 18.4% of children and Pre-K teachers identified 10.5%. By kindergarten, the proportion of children identified by their teachers with serious problems more than doubled to 23%. Inattention/overactivity and behavior problems were identified most often. These children were 3.4 times more likely to be certified later for special education services by kindergarten than children not identified with problems by ABLE. However, fewer than 14% of children in public Pre-K identified with serious problems in Pre-K had received mental health services by the end of Kindergarten
Certification · Developmental psychology · Mental health · Psychiatry · Psychometrics · Public health · Reliability (semiconductor) · Validity · Child and Adolescent Psychosocial and Emotional Development · Child Welfare and Adoption · Clinical Psychology · Early Childhood Education and Development · Medicine · Nursing · Psychology
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| Unique citing works | 12 |
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| Citations per year | 0,75 |
| Citation span | 2010 - 2025 (16) |
| Citation velocity | recent |
| Highly cited | No |
| Citation types | Neutral: 11 |