Children's Behavior Scale

May 17, 2008

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Children's Behavior Scale
Pediatric Symptom Checklist

Emotional and physical health go together in children. While there are all sorts of objective criteria for gauging the latter, a child's emotional well-being can be harder to assess. Parents often wonder, "Is my child's behavior normal, or is it something that I need to worry about?"

The Children's Behavior Scale was designed to help you answer this question. Better known as The Pediatric Symptom Checklist, the scale was developed by child psychiatrists and has been carefully tested on thousands of children.

There are 35 questions in all. It usually takes about five minutes to complete. We need you to enter your child's birthday because the scoring changes according to the child's age. This questionnaire is designed for children age 4 to 16; if your child is younger or older, please do not use it.

For each question, please click in the circle under the heading that best descibes your child.

Please enter your child's birthday:		- -
		never	sometimes	often
1.	Complains of aches and pains
2.	Spends more time alone
3.	Tires easily, has little energy
4.	Fidgety, unable to sit still
5.	Has trouble with teacher (6-16 year old children only)
6.	Less interested in school (6-16 year old children only)
7.	Acts as if driven by a motor
8.	Daydreams too much
9.	Distracted easily
10.	Is afraid of new situations
11.	Feels sad, unhappy
12.	Is irritable, angry
13.	Feels hopeless
14.	Has trouble concentrating
15.	Less interested in friends
16.	Fights with other children
17.	Absent from school (6-16 year old children only)
18.	School grades dropping (6-16 year old children only)
19.	Is down on him or herself
20.	Visits the doctor with doctor finding nothing wrong
21.	Has trouble sleeping
22.	Worries a lot
23.	Wants to be with you more than before
24.	Feels he or she is bad
25.	Takes unnecessary risks
26.	Gets hurt frequently
27.	Seems to be having less fun
28.	Acts younger than children his or her age
29.	Does not listen to rules
30.	Does not show feelings
31.	Does not understand other people's feelings
32.	Teases others
33.	Blames others for his or her troubles
34.	Takes things that do not belong to him or her
35.	Refuses to share

Total score:

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