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Conners Comprehensive Behavior Rating Scales™

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Encyclopedia of Clinical Neuropsychology

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The Conners Comprehensive Behavior Rating Scales™ (Conners CBRS®; Conners 2008, 2010) is a comprehensive assessment tool, which can be used to assess a wide range of behavioral, emotional, social, and academic issues in school-aged youth. The Conners CBRS is a multi-informant assessment with forms for parents, teachers, and youth. Parent and teacher ratings can be obtained about youth aged 6–18 years, and youth aged 8–18 years can complete the self-report. The assessment features multiple Content scales that assess emotional distress, defiant/aggressive behaviors, academic difficulties, hyperactivity/impulsivity, social problems, separation fears, perfectionistic and compulsive behaviors, violence potential, and physical symptoms. Scales are also included to assess the Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders (DSM-5; American Psychiatric Association; APA 2013)Footnote 1diagnostic criteria for symptoms of generalized anxiety disorder, separation anxiety...

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    An online scoring option remains available to obtain symptom counts corresponding to the Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders (DSM-IV-TR; American Psychiatric Association 2000).

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  • American Psychiatric Association. (2000). Diagnostic and statistical manual of mental disorders (text rev. 4 ed.). Washington, DC: American Psychiatric Publishing.

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Rzepa, S.R., Conners, C.K., Pitkanen, J., Mears, S. (2018). Conners Comprehensive Behavior Rating Scales™. In: Kreutzer, J.S., DeLuca, J., Caplan, B. (eds) Encyclopedia of Clinical Neuropsychology. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-57111-9_1536

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