Behaviour Disorder in Pre-school Children in Hong Kong

A representative sample of 855 Hong-Kong Chinese children aged 36–48 months were assessed using the BSQ and the PBCL. Good reliability for both instruments were found. For the BSQ and PBCL, 12.75% and 27.5% were above the cut-off points of 10+ and 12 + respectively and 5.9% were above both cut-off p...

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Published in:British journal of psychiatry 1991-02, Vol.158 (2), p.213-221
Main Authors: Luk, Siu-Luen, Leung, Patrick Wing-Leung, Bacon-Shone, John, Chung, See-Yuen, Lee, Peter Wing-Ho, Chen, Sylvia, Ng, Richard, Lieh-Mak, Felice, Ko, Lillian, Wong, Virginia C. N., Yeung, C. Y.
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Language:English
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Summary:A representative sample of 855 Hong-Kong Chinese children aged 36–48 months were assessed using the BSQ and the PBCL. Good reliability for both instruments were found. For the BSQ and PBCL, 12.75% and 27.5% were above the cut-off points of 10+ and 12 + respectively and 5.9% were above both cut-off points. In the second stage, 234 subjects were recruited by stratified random sampling according to the results of the screening stage. A clinician interviewed the parent, child and teacher before making a diagnosis. The prevalence of behaviour disorder was: nil, 53.7%; dubious, 23.1 %; mild, 18.0%; moderate, 4.5%; and severe, 0.7%. There were significantly more boys in the categories mild, moderate and severe.
ISSN:0007-1250
1472-1465
DOI:10.1192/bjp.158.2.213