1. Examination of the Eyberg Child Behavior Inventory Discrepancy Hypothesis
Ashley M. Butler, MS
Sheila M. Eyberg, PhD
Elizabeth V. Brestan, PhD
The 6th Annual Parent-Child Interaction Therapy Conference
January 28, 2006
Third author?
This poster is BEAUTIFUL!
I love these colors, this style, and this font!!!

2. The ECBI Measures child disruptive behavior Has two scales
parent-report
36-items
Has two scales
Intensity Scale
severity of disruptive behavior
Problem Scale
parent perception of child’s behavior

3. The ECBI Clinical utility in PCIT Measure of initial behavior severity
Measure of behavior change
Measure of behavior severity outcome
Measure of treatment maintenance
I’ll put any content changes in red so you can decide if it’s relevant or important

4. Additional Clinical Utility
ECBI scales positively correlated
ECBI Discrepancy Hypothesis
ECBI is an indirect measure of problematic parenting styles when scale scores are discrepant in either direction

5. Discrepancy Hypothesis
This is an EXCELLENT way to show the hypothesis!
I’m curious where these exact T scores came from, though. Were they the actual means for the two groups with significant discrepancy scores? – Just curious.
T Score

6. Purpose and Specific Aims
Examine Discrepancy Hypothesis
Aim One
Examine whether ECBI discrepancy scores predict parental tolerance for child misbehavior
Aim Two
Examine whether an ECBI discrepancy marker could be used to identify parents with deviant tolerance levels for child’s misbehavior

7. Measures Demographic Questionnaire ECBI
Child Rearing Inventory (CRI) (Brestan et al., 2003)
Parent tolerance for child misbehavior
Cronbach’s alpha = .72
2-wk test-retest stability = .69
Convergent validity
Standardization included 37% African Americans
On this lide I just corrected the punctuation in et al., and put spaces on both sides of the = sign, and took period out after wk

8. Participants
Recruited from pediatric clinics and preschools in Gainesville, FL
Female primary caregiver self-identified African American
Child 3-5 years
(Total N = 139) Boys = 51%; Girls = 49%
Low Middle SES Hollingshead Index of Social Status = 31

9. Discrepancy Theory Aim 1
Do ECBI discrepancy scores predict parental tolerance for child misbehavior?
Raw scores converted into T scores
Calculated discrepancy scores
Subtract Intensity T score from Problem T score
T-score difference > 10 is significant
Negative discrepancy score = Problem score higher
Positive discrepancy score = Intensity score higher
Scores ranged from – 40 to 33
Discrepant group when T score difference > 10 [this bullet taken from slide 11.
If you define “Higher” here, there is more room on Slide 11 and you don’t have to repeat bullet 2 there.

10. Discrepancy Theory Aim 1 Simple linear regression F(1, 137) = 4.82
DV = Parent tolerance (CRI)
higher scores = lower tolerance for misbehavior
IV = Discrepancy scores
F(1, 137) = 4.82
r = -.18*
ECBI discrepancy scores significantly predicted parent tolerance for child misbehavior
Would you want to give a third bullet to say what the F of 4.82 means? Or maybe separate F and r result so that you could also bullet what a significant r means?? (I know you would explain it, but many in the audience won’t have a clue what your last bullet means,

11. Discrepancy Theory Aim 2
Can a discrepancy marker identify parents with deviant tolerance levels for child’s misbehavior?
Raw scores converted into T scores
Discrepant group when T score difference > 10
[removed above bullets, but you can put them back here if you prefer]

12. “Non-discrepant” group
Aim 2
Discrepancy Theory
82%
114
“Non-discrepant” group
Non-discrepant
Scores 7% 10
“Permissive”group
Higher Intensity
Score
11% 15
“Intolerant” group
Higher Problem
% sample n

13. Parent Tolerance (CRI)
Aim 2
Discrepancy Theory
Three level one-way ANOVA
F (2, 21.57) = 6.22*; p <.01
Planned Contrasts
Parent Tolerance (CRI)
I made graph a little larger so it is readable (even a font size of 18 is pushing it for folks without vision!)
t = 3.40*
t = -2.98*

14. Conclusions First empirical support for ECBI discrepancy hypothesis
Practical way to quantify ECBI discrepancy
Inform treatment planning
Outstanding Poster!!!!