J Korean Acad Child Adolesc Psychiatry.  2017 Oct;28(4):220-227. 10.5765/jkacap.2017.28.4.220.

Validation Study of Behavior Problems Inventory-01 among Korean Children and Adolescents

• Choi M
• Kim Y
• Ban JJ
• Hwang SS
• Kim BN
• Yang YH

• KMID: 2392934
• DOI: http://doi.org/10.5765/jkacap.2017.28.4.220

Abstract

OBJECTIVES
The purpose of this study was to examine the reliability and validity of the Korean version of the Behavior Problems Inventory (BPI-01) among children and adolescents aged between 3 and 18.
METHODS
The control group consisting of one hundred children and adolescents was recruited from schools and the patient group consisting of forty one children and adolescents with autism spectrum disorder were recruited from a hospital. We compared the measurements of both groups. To assess the concurrent validity of the BPI-01, we compared the problem behavior index of the Korean Scale of Independent Behavior-Revised (K-SIB-R) and, to assess the discriminant validity, we compared the Korean version of the Child Behavior Checklist (K-CBCL). The Cronbach's alpha of the BPI-01 was measured to assess its reliability. Correlation analyses between the BPI-01 and the other scale were carried out to examine the former's concurrent and discriminant validity.
RESULTS
The patient group showed a significantly higher score for all three subscales of the BPI than the control group. The Cronbach's alpha was 0.92 for the total severity score of the BPI and ranged between 0.67-0.89 for each subscale in the patient group. All subscales of the BPI-01's, i.e., self injurious behavior, stereotyped behavior and aggressive/destructive behavior, were significantly correlated with the corresponding subscales of the K-SIB-R. The BPI-01 generally did not demonstrate any significant correlation with emotional items such as anxiety/depression in the K-CBCL. Especially, the BPI-01's stereotyped behavior subscale showed little correlation with externalizing behaviors such as social problems and aggressive behaviors.
CONCLUSION
This study found that the Korean version of BPI-01 is a reliable and valid behavior rating instrument for problem behavior in developmental disabilities among children and adolescents.

Keyword

Problem behavior; Autism spectrum disorder; BPI

MeSH Terms

Adolescent*
Autism Spectrum Disorder
Checklist
Child Behavior
Child*
Developmental Disabilities
Humans
Problem Behavior
Reproducibility of Results
Self-Injurious Behavior
Social Problems
Stereotyped Behavior