Conners Comprehensive Behavior Rating Scales (CBRS)

The Conners Comprehensive Behavior Rating Scales (CBRS) is a large, multi-informant instrument used to gain a broad understanding or overview of a young person’s (6–18 years, 8–18 for self-report forms) behaviors, emotions, and academic and social profile.

The assessment covers a wide spectrum from a pathological perspective, including the Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders: Fourth Edition (DSM-IV-TR™), Symptom scales, Content scales, Other Clinical Indicators, Critical items, and Impairment items.  It is divided into forms based on respondent: parent forms (Conners CBRS–P), teacher forms (Conners CBRS–T), self–report forms (Conners CBRS–SR), and an auxiliary scale, the Conners Clinical Index (Conners CI™).  It is available in paper or electronic format.  Spanish versions of parent and self-report forms are available.

Author

C. Keith Conners, Ph.D.

Reliability and Validity

Cronbach’s alpha.69 to .97, and 2- to 4-week test-retest reliability coefficients .56 to .96 (p < .001). Inter-rater reliability coefficients .50 to .89 (p < .001). Mean overall correct classification rate 78% across all forms.

Where to Obtain

MHS Assessements

Administration, Analysis and Reporting

Intellectus Consulting can assist the student or professional researcher in administering the survey instrument, collecting the data, conducting the analyses and explaining the results.
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