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. 1986 Mar;14(1):123-33.
doi: 10.1007/BF00917228.

Assessing the influence of maternal depression on the validity of the Child Behavior Checklist

S Friedlander, D S Weiss, J Traylor

Assessing the influence of maternal depression on the validity of the Child Behavior Checklist

S Friedlander et al. J Abnorm Child Psychol. 1986 Mar.

Abstract

The relative effects of maternal depression, child gender, and child psychiatric status on mothers' ratings of their children were assessed in a study of the validity of the Child Behavior Checklist (CBCL). Both maternal depression and gender were found to be significantly associated with mothers' ratings of their children on the CBCL. Nevertheless, mothers' ratings continued to differentiate groups of children with and without psychiatric problems even after the variance accounted for by maternal depression and child gender was removed. These findings support the criterion validity of the CBCL, and point also to the importance of assessing parents as part of the clinical evaluation of children.

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