ISRAELI NORMS FOR THE ACHENBACH CHILD-BEHAVIOR CHECKLIST - COMPARISONOF CLINICALLY-REFERRED AND NON-REFERRED CHILDREN

This paper presents the Israeli norms for the Achenbach Child Behavior Checklist. Questionnaire data were collected on a clinically-referred sample (N=2227) and a non-referred sample (N=1275) of children betwee n the ages of 4-16. Basic descriptive data for total behavior scores a nd scores for broad-band and narrow-band syndromes by sex, age group, and clinical status are presented. The mean total behavior score in th e non-referred sample is similar to that reported for American and Dut ch samples. For the Israeli referred sample, the mean total behavior s core was considerably lower than that reported for the American and Du tch samples. Issues involved in selecting an optimal cutoff point to d iscriminate between clinically-referred and non-referred populations a re discussed.