Evaluation of psychometric properties and factorial structure of the pre-school child behaviour checklist at the Kenyan Coast

Table 2 Scale reliability coefficients for CBCL item scales and goodness of fit statistics for CBCL seven-syndrome structure

Subscales	Cronbach’s alpha: all children (95 % CI)	Cronbach’s alpha: boys (95 % CI)	Cronbach’s alpha: girls (95 % CI)	RMSEA: all children	CFI: all children	TLI: all children
Emotionally reactive	0.70 (0.65–0.75)	0.71 (0.64–0.78)	0.68 (0.61–0.75)	0.039	0.97	0.96
Anxiously depressed	0.74 (0.70–0.77)	0.77 (0.72–0.82)	0.69 (0.62–0.76)	0.050	0.97	0.95
Somatic complaints	0.69 (0.65–0.73)	0.67 (0.61–0.73)	0.71 (0.65–0.77)	0.054	0.94	0.92
Withdrawn	0.53 (0.46–0.59)	0.50 (0.40–0.60)	0.55 (0.45–0.65)	0.000	1.00	1.00
Sleep problems	0.65 (0.60–0.70)	0.72 (0.67–0.77)	0.49 (0.37–0.61)	0.061	0.97	0.93
Attention problems	0.57 (0.50–0.64)	0.59 (0.50–0.68)	0.57 (0.47–0.67)	0.000	1.00	1.00
Aggressive behaviour	0.86 (0.84–0.88)	0.87 (0.85–0.89)	0.84 (0.80–0.88)	0.077	0.83	0.80
Internalising subscales	0.87 (0.85–0.89)	0.87 (0.85–0.89)	0.87 (0.84–0.90)	0.030	0.97	0.95
Externalising subscales	0.86 (0.84–0.88)	0.88 (0.85–0.91)	0.85 (0.81–0.89)	0.039	0.92	0.90

Acceptable coefficient alpha were those >60, while acceptable fit indices were those <0.09 for RMSEA and those >0.90 for CFI and TLI
CI confidence interval, RMSEA root mean squared error of approximation, CFI Comparative fit index, TLI Tucker–lewis index

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