ABSTRACT

The Boxall Profile is one of the most frequently used tools to measure the social, emotional, behavioural and/or mental health difficulties (SEMH) of children and young people in schools across the UK. However, limited evidence exists regarding the norms and psychometric properties of the tool. The current study used data from 487 primary school-aged children to carry out a re-standardisation and explore a range of psychometric properties of the Boxall Profile. Updated norms were established for 4- to 11-year-old children using a Receiver Operating Characteristic approach and the Strengths and Difficulties Questionnaire as gold standard measure for SEMH difficulties. Psychometric analyses indicated good internal consistency, concurrent validity and convergent validity but also highlighted the need for further research into the structural validity of the tool. To our knowledge, this is the first study providing substantial evidence for the reliability and validity of the Boxall Profile since its publication in 1984.

摘要

Boxall个人资料是衡量英国全校儿童和年轻人的社会，情感，行为和/或心理健康困难（SEMH）的最常用工具之一。但是，关于工具的规范和心理计量特性的证据有限。当前的研究使用了来自487名小学年龄儿童的数据进行了重新标准化，并探索了Boxall Profile的一系列心理测量特性。使用接收者操作特征方法和“强项和困难问卷”作为SEMH困难的金标准，为4至11岁的儿童建立了更新的规范。心理分析表明内部一致性良好，同时效度和收敛效度，但同时也强调了对该工具的结构效度进行进一步研究的必要性。据我们所知，这是自Boxall Profile于1984年发布以来首次提供实质性证据的可靠研究。