Despite the availability of effective early interventions, few preschoolers with mental health issues receive these services. This situation exists partly due to challenges in the identification of emotional and behavioral issues in young children. We developed the Brief Child and Family Intake and Outcomes System for Preschoolers, which is a 60-item standardized online parent questionnaire including three externalizing scales (Regulating Attention, Impulsivity, and Activity; Cooperating; Regulating Conduct), five internalizing scales (Separating from Parents; Managing Anxiety; Managing Social Anxiety; Regulating Compulsive Behaviour; Managing Mood), and two regulating states scales (Eating; Sleeping). We conducted a normative study of 1,200 Canadian children 3–5 years old, stratified by sex, age, geographic region, and parents’ marital status, income, and education. Confirmatory factor analyses demonstrated good model fit, and the relationship between items and scales did not vary significantly between boys and girls or among 3-, 4-, and 5-year-old children. Reliability estimates indicated high internal consistency and 2-month test–retest reliability for a subsample (n = 100) ranging from .44 to .73. Providing preliminary evidence of validity, scale scores had positive relations with measures of child functioning challenges, family distress, caregiver mood, and demographic risk variables. We extend earlier work by including clinically relevant emotional-behavioral scales while at the same time minimizing respondent burden and providing norms for Canadian preschoolers. The questionnaire could be used in children’s mental health settings, primary care, child welfare, and day-care and school facilities, for intake, triage, and describing 3- to 5-year-old children.

尽管可以进行有效的早期干预，但精神健康问题的学龄前儿童很少能获得这些服务。之所以存在这种情况，部分原因是在识别幼儿的情绪和行为问题方面存在挑战。我们为学龄前儿童开发了简短的儿童和家庭收养与结果系统，该系统是一个60项标准化的在线父母问卷，包括三个外在量表（调节注意力，冲动和活动；合作；调节行为），五个内在量表（与父母分离） ；管理焦虑；管理社交焦虑；调节强迫行为；管理情绪），以及两个调节状态量表（进食；睡眠）。我们对1200名3至5岁的加拿大儿童进行了规范性研究，按性别，年龄，地理区域和父母的婚姻状况进行了分层，收入和教育。验证性因素分析表明模型拟合良好，男孩和女孩之间或3、4和5岁儿童之间的项目和量表之间的关系无显着差异。可靠性评估表明，子样本具有很高的内部一致性和2个月的测试-再测试可靠性（n = 100），范围从.44到.73。量表评分提供了有效性的初步证据，与儿童的机能挑战，家庭困扰，照顾者的情绪以及人口统计学风险变量之间存在正相关。我们通过包括临床相关的情绪行为量表来扩展早期工作，同时最大程度地减少受访者的负担并为加拿大学龄前儿童提供规范。该调查表可用于儿童的心理健康状况，初级保健，儿童福利以及日托和学校设施，用于摄入，分类和描述3至5岁的儿童。