MacArthur Health and Behaviour Questionnaire | Early Years Measures Databasae | Education Endowment Foundation

Domains	Social Emotional
Subscales	Mental health, physical health, social functioning, school functioning.
Target Construct	Social emotional: Emotional and behavioural symptoms, physical health, social adaptation and school adaptation.
Description	An adult‐report measure, consisting of a set of child health and behaviour items derived primarily from existing measures. It covers areas of health and functioning.
Test Authors	Armstrong, J. M. & Goldstein, L. H.
Publisher	John D. and Catherine T. MacArthur Foundation Research Network on Psychopathology and Development. Available only as questionnaire (2003)
Psychometry
Implementation

Respondent	Parents, teachers and children
Prior knowledge Required	Designed for use by researchers in psychology, psychiatry, paediatrics, education, human development, epidemiology, and related fields
Scoring	Questionnaire scoring transparent
Time	30 to 40 minute (in either questionnaire or interview format)
Age	4 years to 8 years.

UK norms	NO
Norm / Criterion referenced	Criterion referenced
Standardisation sample	Five studies with over 800 participants
Reliability	Estimates of the internal consistency of the HBQ subscales tend to be high for all three informants, with most coefficients exceeding .70 and many exceeding .80 Test-retest reliabilities ranged .59 to .94 for mother report and .64 to .94 for teacher report.
Criterion validity	Children in the clinic-referred group were viewed by mothers and teachers as experiencing significantly higher levels of mental health symptoms and impairments in social functioning than community children. Predictive validity being examined
Construct validity	Children in the clinic-referred group were viewed by mothers and teachers as experiencing significantly higher levels of mental health symptoms and impairments in social functioning than community children. Clinic-referred children were scored by their mothers significantly higher than community sample children on Internalizing Symptoms, Externalizing Symptoms, ADHD Symptoms, and Functional Impairment-Child and -Family. According to mothers, children in the clinic-referred group also showed more impaired Social Functioning, including less Prosocial Behaviour and higher levels of Asocial with Peers. The patterns of group differences were nearly identical for teachers.
Concurrent validity	Insufficient data in the public domain to evaluate. Importance of multi informant data critical to examine impact of children's difficulties.