Parent Checklist
Abstract: The Parent's Checklist is a six-item scale that assesses parents' perceptions of children's aggressive behavior. The measure is derived from a 12-item instrument developed by Dodge and Coie (1987). Each item contains a statement describing a child's aggression-related behavior; for example: "When your child has been teased or threatened, he or she gets angry easily and strikes back." The parent selects the response that evaluates how well the statement applies to the child. Response choices include: "Never True" (0), "Rarely True" (1), "Sometimes True" (2), "Usually True" (3), and "Almost Always True" (4). A previous study of 1995 identified two subscales of three items each: the Reactive Aggression Subscale (containing items 1, 2, and 3) and the Proactive Aggression subscale (containing items 4, 5, and 6). T-tests of means for both subscales show significant differences between the normative and control groups. The Proactive Aggression subscale is slightly positively skewed for the normative and control groups. The Proactive Aggression subscale also has a floor effect. For the normative sample, 48% of the Proactive Aggression subscores are zero. For the control sample, 24% of the Proactive Aggression subscores are zero. Analysts considering use of this measure should keep in mind that each subscale includes only a small number of items.
Who Completed this Measure?: Parent
Cohort 1 - Administrative History
- Year 01 | K | age 6
- Year 02 | grade 1 | age 7
- Year 03 | grade 2 | age 8
Cohort 2 - Administrative History
- Year 01 | K | age 6
- Year 02 | grade 1 | age 7
- Year 03 | grade 2 | age 8
Cohort 3 - Administrative History
- Year 01 | K | age 6
- Year 02 | grade 1 | age 7
- Year 03 | grade 2 | age 8
Technical Reports:
Raw Dataset Name: PyD
Scored Dataset Name: PCLy
Keywords:
Aggressive Behavior, Anger, Fighting, Physical Force, Threat
Is this Measure Available for Public Use?: Yes
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Measure Items and Scales:
| COHORT | Cohort |
| SITECODE | Actual Code Number on Form |
| TCID | Child's ID Number |
| YEAR | Year of Participation in Study |
| RESP | Respondent Code |
| INTID | Interviewer ID Number |
| CLECNT | Parents Checklist Error Counter |
| SITE | Study Site |
| P3DCL1 | When your child has been teased or threatened, he or she gets angry easily and strikes back. |
| P3DCL2 | Your child always claims that other children are to blame in a fight and feels that they started the trouble. |
| P3DCL3 | When someone accidentally hurts your child (such as by bumping into him or her), he/she assumes that the peer meant to do it, and then reacts with anger/fighting. |
| P3DCL4 | Your child gets other kids to gang up on somebody that he or she does not like. |
| P3DCL5 | Your child uses physical force (or threatens to use force) in order to dominate other kids. |
| P3DCL6 | Your child threatens or bullies others in order to get his or her own way. |
| PCL3TOT | Y3 Parent Checklist - Total |
| PCL3RAG | Y3 Parent Checklist - Reactive Aggr. |
| PCL3PAG | Y3 Parent Checklist - Proactive Aggr. |
| TREATMNT | Treatment Group (Interv/Cntl) |
| NORM | Members of Normative Sample |
| SEX | Sex |
| RACE | Race |