Child Behavior Checklist (CBCL),Youth Self-Report (YSR) and Teacher's Report Form(TRF): an overview of the development of the original and Brazilian versions / Child Behavior Checklist (CBCL), Youth Self-Report (YSR) e Teacher's Report Form (TRF): uma visão geral sobre o desenvolvimento das versões originais e brasileiras / Child Behavior Checklist (CBCL), Youth Self- Report (YSR) y Teacher's Report Form (TRF): una visión general sobre el desarrollo de las versiones originales y brasileñas

The Achenbach System of Empirically Based Assessment (ASEBA) for school-age children includes three instruments for assessing emotional and/or behavioral problems: Child Behavior Checklist (CBCL), completed by parents, Youth Self-Report (YSR), completed by adolescents and Teacher's Report Form (TRF), completed by teachers. This review article gives detailed information on the development of these forms in the United States and Brazil, describing the main changes to the items, scales and score cut-off points in original versions between 1991 and 2001, as well as the process involved in the translation, back-translation and cultural adaptation of the original questionnaires to develop the current official Brazilian versions of the CBCL, YSR and TRF. The utility of these tools for research and clinical practice is highlighted, mentioning epidemiological studies and evaluation of interventions conducted in Brazil. Researchers' and clinicians' doubts regarding the correct use of the current official Brazilian versions are answered, giving examples of frequently asked questions relevant to the Brazilian context.

O Sistema de Avaliação de Base Empírica de Achenbach para crianças/adolescentes em idade escolar inclui três instrumentos para avaliar problemas emocionais e/ou comportamentais: Child Behavior Checklist (CBCL) [pais], Youth Self-Report (YSR) [adolescentes] e Teacher's Report Form (TRF) [professores]. Este artigo de revisão fornece informações detalhadas sobre o desenvolvimento desses instrumentos nos Estados Unidos e no Brasil, descrevendo as principais alterações em itens, escalas e pontos de corte na pontuação, ocorridas nas versões originais de 1991 a 2001, e o processo de tradução, retrotradução e adaptação cultural dos questionários originais para desenvolver as atuais versões brasileiras oficiais do CBCL, YSR e TRF. A utilidade desses instrumentos em pesquisa e na prática clínica é salientada, mencionando estudos epidemiológicos e de avaliação de intervenções conduzidos no Brasil. Pesquisadores e clínicos são instruídos a respeito do uso correto das atuais versões brasileiras oficiais, dando exemplos de perguntas frequentes, relevantes para o contexto brasileiro.

El sistema de evaluación de base empírica de Achenbach para niños/adolescentes en edad escolar incluye tres instrumentos para evaluar problemas emocionales y/o de comportamiento: Child Behavior Checklist (CBCL) [padres], Youth Self-Report (YSR) [adolescentes] y Teacher's Report Form (TRF) [profesores]. Este artículo de revisión proporciona información detallada sobre el desarrollo de estos instrumentos en los Estados Unidos y en Brasil, describiendo las principales alteraciones en ítems, escalas y puntos de corte en la puntuación, que se realizaron en las versiones originales de 1991 a 2001, y el proceso de traducción, retrotraducción y adaptación cultural de los cuestionarios originales, con el fin de desarrollar las actuales versiones brasileñas oficiales del CBCL, YSR y TRF. La utilidad de estos instrumentos en investigación y en la práctica clínica se resalta mencionando estudios epidemiológicos y de evaluación de intervenciones, llevados a cabo en Brasil. Investigadores y personal clínico son instruidos en lo que se refiere al uso correcto de las actuales versiones brasileñas oficiales, dando ejemplos de preguntas frecuentes y relevantes para el contexto brasileño.

Behavioral alarm treatment for nocturnal enuresis

PURPOSES: To investigate the efficacy of alarm treatment in a sample of Brazilian children and adolescents with nocturnal enuresis and relate treatment success to age and type of clinical support. MATERIALS AND METHODS: During 32 weeks, 84 children and adolescents received alarm treatment together with weekly psychological support sessions for individual families or groups of 5 to 10 families. RESULTS: 71 percent of the participants achieved success, defined as 14 consecutive dry nights. The result was similar for children and adolescents and for individual or group support. The time until success was shorter for participants missing fewer support sessions. CONCLUSIONS: Alarm treatment was effective for the present sample, regardless of age or type of support. Missing a higher number of support sessions, which may reflect low motivation for treatment, increased the risk of failure.

Changes in parents' and self-reports of behavioral problems in Brazilian adolescents after behavioral treatment with urine alarm for nocturnal enuresis

PURPOSE: Compare parents' reports of youth problems (PRYP) with adolescent problems self-reports (APSR) pre/post behavioral treatment of nocturnal enuresis (NE) based on the use of a urine alarm. MATERIALS AND METHODS: Adolescents (N = 19) with mono-symptomatic (primary or secondary) nocturnal enuresis group treatment for 40 weeks. Discharge criterion was established as 8 weeks with consecutive dry nights. PRYP and APSR were scored by the Child Behavior Checklist (CBCL) and Youth Self-Report (YSR). RESULTS: Pre-treatment data: 1) Higher number of clinical cases based on parent report than on self-report for Internalizing Problems (IP) (13/19 vs. 4/19), Externalizing Problems (EP) (7/19 vs. 5/19) and Total Problem (TP) (11/19 vs. 5/19); 2) Mean PRYP scores for IP (60.8) and TP (61) were within the deviant range (T score ≥ 60); while mean PRYP scores for EP (57.4) and mean APSR scores (IP = 52.4, EP = 49.5, TP = 52.4) were within the normal range. Difference between PRYP' and APSR' scores was significant. Post treatment data: 1) Discharge for majority of the participants (16/19); 2) Reduction in the number of clinical cases on parental evaluation: 9/19 adolescents remained within clinical range for IP, 2/19 for EP, and 7/19 for TP. 3) All post-treatment mean scores were within the normal range; the difference between pre and post evaluation scores was significant for PRYP. CONCLUSIONS: The behavioral treatment based on the use of urine alarm is effective for adolescents with mono-symptomatic (primary and secondary) nocturnal enuresis. The study favors the hypothesis that enuresis is a cause, not a consequence, of other behavioral problems.

A psicologia clínica e os programas preventivos de intervenção comunitária / Clinical psychology and community preventive programs

Este estudo busca discutir algumas relações entre a Psicologia Clínica e os programas de intervenção clínica comunitários de caráter terapêutico e preventivo. Primeiro faz uma caracteriza dos tipos de programas de intervenção comunitários. Em seguida, mostra a evolução da Psicologia Comunitária americana cujos programas hoje, independente do tipo, são predominantemente empíricos e preventivos. Finalmente, tanto a caracterização quanto a análise evolutiva promovidas dão margem ao exame de alguns estudos de intervenção clínica comunitária produzidos no Brasil, a partir dos anos 80, cuja maioria deles se situa dentro de um referencial teórico de concepção da prevenção como fenômeno biopsicossocial