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Owner: Yu Bao
Owner Email: bao2yx@jmu.edu
Paper Title: Diagnosing Children's Emotional and Behavioral Problems in Preschool: A Multilevel Diagnostic Classification Model Approach
Session Title: Innovative Methods in Survey Research
Paper Type: Paper
Presentation Date: 4/25/2022
Presentation Location: San Diego, California
Descriptors: Psychometrics, Survey Research
Methodology: Quantitative
Author(s): Yu Bao, James Madison University; Jin Liu, University of South Carolina - Columbia; Christine DiStefano, University of South Carolina
Unit: SIG-Survey Research in Education
Abstract: The Pediatric Symptom Checklist-17 (PSC-17) is a high-quality universal screening tool to identify children with emotional and behavioral risks in the school environment. In this study, we analyzed a large sample (N= 837) of teachers’ ratings on preschool children using PSC-17 by incorporating the children level and the teacher level covariates using a multilevel psychometric model named the multilevel diagnostic classification model. We then conducted the item analysis and person classification, as well as examined the effect of teaching experience, level of education and gender.
DOI: https://doi.org/10.3102/1895082