CABI
Child and Adolescent Behavior Inventory (CABI)
The CABI is an observer-rated questionnaire completed by parents to identify and quantify a wide range of emotional, behavioral and functional difficulties in children and adolescents. The 2.0 parent version covers 11 domains that can be used together or separately: sluggish cognitive tempo, anxiety, depression, inattention, hyperactivity-impulsivity, oppositional defiant disorder, limited prosocial emotions, social impairment, peer rejection, social withdrawal and academic impairment. Its modular format, precise response anchors and short administration time make it a useful tool for clinical screening, initial assessment and progress monitoring.
- Number of questions
- 79 questions
- Estimated duration
- 10 minutes
- Language
- English
- Original name
- Child and Adolescent Behavior Inventory
- Target audience
- Parents of children/adolescents
- Authors
- G. Leonard Burns, SoYean Lee, Mateu Servera, Keith McBurnett, Stephen P. Becker (2012)
- Category
- Adolescent care, Childhood
Scoring & interpretation
Score each item according to the anchor shown on the form. Parts 1 to 7 are scored from 0 to 5. Parts 8 to 11 are scored from 0 to 4. Preferably, calculate a mean score for each subscale by dividing the total points by the number of items completed, which makes it easier to compare domains of different lengths. Higher scores indicate more difficulties for all subscales, except part 7 on limited prosocial emotions, whose items describe prosocial behaviors and must therefore be reverse-scored to obtain a severity score. Interpretation is done subscale by subscale, taking into account the clinical context, cross-referenced observations and, if available, age and sex norms. The questionnaire is intended for screening and monitoring, not for diagnosis on its own.
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