The Brief Infant-Toddler Social and Emotional Assessment: Screening for Social-Emotional Problems and Delays in Competence. Briggs-Gowan, M. J., Carter, A. S., Irwin, J. R., Wachtel, K., & Cicchetti, D. V. Journal of Pediatric Psychology, 29(2):143–155, March, 2004. Publisher: Oxford Academic
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Objective: To examine the reliability and validity of the 42-item Brief Infant-Toddler Social and Emotional Assessment (BITSEA), a screener for social-emotional/behavioral problems and delays in competence. Method: Parents in a representative healthy birth cohort of 1,237 infants aged 12 to 36 months completed the Infant-Toddler Social and Emotional Assessment (ITSEA)/BITSEA, the Child Behavior Checklist (CBCL)/1.5-5, the MacArthur Communication Developmental Inventory vocabulary checklist, and worry questions. In a subsample, independent evaluators rated infant-toddler behavior. Results: Test-retest reliability was excellent and interrater agreement (mother/father and parent/child-care provider) was good. Supporting validity, BITSEA problems correlated with concurrent evaluator problem ratings and CBCL/1.5-5 scores and also predicted CBCL/1.5-5 and ITSEA problem scores one year later. BITSEA measures of competence correlated with concurrent observed competence and predicted later ITSEA competence measures. Supporting discriminant validity, only 23% of high BITSEA problem scorers had delayed vocabulary. Moreover, the combined BITSEA problem/competence cutpoints identified 85% of subclinical/clinical CBCL/1.5-5 scores, while maintaining acceptable specificity (75%). Conclusions: Findings support the BITSEA as a screener for social-emotional/behavioral problems and delays in social-emotional competence.
@article{briggs-gowan_brief_2004,
	title = {The {Brief} {Infant}-{Toddler} {Social} and {Emotional} {Assessment}: {Screening} for {Social}-{Emotional} {Problems} and {Delays} in {Competence}},
	volume = {29},
	issn = {0146-8693},
	url = {https://academic.oup.com/jpepsy/article/29/2/143/926026},
	doi = {10.1093/JPEPSY/JSH017},
	abstract = {Objective: To examine the reliability and validity of the 42-item Brief Infant-Toddler Social and Emotional Assessment (BITSEA), a screener for social-emotional/behavioral problems and delays in competence. Method: Parents in a representative healthy birth cohort of 1,237 infants aged 12 to 36 months completed the Infant-Toddler Social and Emotional Assessment (ITSEA)/BITSEA, the Child Behavior Checklist (CBCL)/1.5-5, the MacArthur Communication Developmental Inventory vocabulary checklist, and worry questions. In a subsample, independent evaluators rated infant-toddler behavior. Results: Test-retest reliability was excellent and interrater agreement (mother/father and parent/child-care provider) was good. Supporting validity, BITSEA problems correlated with concurrent evaluator problem ratings and CBCL/1.5-5 scores and also predicted CBCL/1.5-5 and ITSEA problem scores one year later. BITSEA measures of competence correlated with concurrent observed competence and predicted later ITSEA competence measures. Supporting discriminant validity, only 23\% of high BITSEA problem scorers had delayed vocabulary. Moreover, the combined BITSEA problem/competence cutpoints identified 85\% of subclinical/clinical CBCL/1.5-5 scores, while maintaining acceptable specificity (75\%). Conclusions: Findings support the BITSEA as a screener for social-emotional/behavioral problems and delays in social-emotional competence.},
	number = {2},
	urldate = {2021-08-18},
	journal = {Journal of Pediatric Psychology},
	author = {Briggs-Gowan, Margaret J. and Carter, Alice S. and Irwin, Julia R. and Wachtel, Karen and Cicchetti, Domenic V.},
	month = mar,
	year = {2004},
	note = {Publisher: Oxford Academic},
	keywords = {behavioral problems, child behavior checklist, competence, discriminant validity, emotions, primary cutaneous b-cell lymphoma, toddler},
	pages = {143--155},
}

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