ABSTRACT The authors' purpose was to evaluate the multiple-gate Preschool Behavior Screening System (PBSS) for identifying children's social, emotional, and behavioral (SEB) difficulties. The sample included 122 triads of preschool children between 3 and 5 years old and their parents and teachers. The teacher and parent samples were predominantly women and European American with a substantial African American representation. The design involved numerous indicators of the reliability of scores and the validity of ensuing inferences. Scores from the Behavior Assessment System for Children, Second Edition were used as criterion measures for scores from the PBSS. The PBSS scores were found reliable across scales with Cronbach's alpha values ranging from.85 to.97. Agreement between teachers and parents was consistent with findings from previous research. Analyzed within a Multitrait-Multimethod Matrix, correlational evidence supported inferences about externalizing difficulties, prosocial behavior, and total problems, as well as internalizing difficulties to a lesser degree. Receiver-operating characteristic curve analyses supported the PBSS across a range of scales and cut scores. Findings support the use of the PBSS as one method for identifying preschool children who may be at risk for SEB difficulties and underscore the importance of using multiple informants in the assessment of SEB difficulties.

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多特征多方法矩阵在社会，情感和行为筛查中的应用

摘要作者的目的是评估多门学龄前行为筛查系统（PBSS），以识别儿童的社会，情感和行为（SEB）困难。样本包括122个三至三岁的学龄前儿童及其父母和老师。老师和父母的样本主要是女性和具有大量非裔美国人代表性的欧洲裔美国人。该设计涉及得分可靠性和随后推理的有效性的众多指标。来自儿童行为评估系统第二版的分数被用作PBSS分数的标准度量。发现PBSS分数在Cronbach的alpha值介于0.85至0.97之间的所有量表中都是可靠的。老师和父母之间的协议与以前的研究结果一致。在多特征-多方法矩阵中进行分析后，相关证据支持了有关外部化困难，亲社会行为和总问题以及较小程度地内部化困难的推论。接收者操作特征曲线分析在一系列量表和得分方面支持了PBSS。研究结果支持使用PBSS作为识别可能面临SEB困难风险的学龄前儿童的一种方法，并强调了在SEB困难评估中使用多种信息提供者的重要性。并在较小程度上内化了困难。接收者操作特征曲线分析在一系列量表和得分方面支持了PBSS。研究结果支持使用PBSS作为识别可能面临SEB困难风险的学龄前儿童的一种方法，并强调了在SEB困难评估中使用多种信息提供者的重要性。并在较小程度上内化了困难。接收者操作特征曲线分析在一系列量表和得分方面支持了PBSS。研究结果支持使用PBSS作为识别可能面临SEB困难风险的学龄前儿童的一种方法，并强调了在SEB困难评估中使用多种信息提供者的重要性。