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Table 2 Test-retest reliability and internal consistency of the CBCL

From: Reliability of the Luganda version of the Child Behaviour Checklist in measuring behavioural problems after cerebral malaria

CBCL syndrome scales

Test-retest reliability

N = 22

Internal consistency

N = 64

1. Anxious/Depressed

0.35

0.53

2. Withdrawn/Depressed

0.73**

0.62

3. Somatic Complaints

0.74**

0.50

4. Social Problems

0.73**

0.41

5. Thought Problems

0.19

0.24

6. Attention Problems

0.64**

0.57

7. Rule-Breaking Behaviour

0.53**

0.51

8. Aggressive Behaviour

0.82**

0.70

9. Internalising Problems

0.64**

0.66

10. Externalising Problems

0.74**

0.78

11. Total Problems

0.67**

0.83

CBCL DSM scales

  

1. Affective Problems

0.45*

0.44

2. Anxiety Problems

0.62**

0.33

3. Somatic Problems

0.69**

0.36

4. ADH Problems

0.65**

0.61

5. Oppositional Behaviour

0.70**

0.58

6. Conduct Problems

0.57**

0.69

  1. *p < 0.05, **p < 0.001, CBCL: Child Behaviour Checklist, DSM: Diagnostic and Statistical Manual for Mental Disorders