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Dr. Vimala Veeraraghavan (New Delhi)

PBCL-vD
(English Verslon)
Dr. Archana Dogra (New Delhi)

Pleasèfill up the following Informatíons: Date

Name of the Chlld Age
Female Caste. -Religion
Sex: Male
No. of Siblings
Type of Family
Educational level of Father Mother

Business of Father Mother

Mother
Income of Father
Residerntial Address

Instructions
the children.)
(This Checkllst is to be filled by parents of
llsted for three response categories,
In this booklet, 58 behavioural problems are
asses8s degree of the problems which are related to their children.
the parents have to occurs Most
has to read each problem one by one and assess whether that problem
He to give
Occasionally or Never Din the case of the chlld in question. He has
often ,
against the cell below that response mode.
his response by marking tick l
SCORING TABLE
Intorpretation
Raw Score
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PBCL-Vo
(Sr. No.
STATEMENTS
Does your Child have Most Often Occasionally Never Score
1. Fear of animnals ?
2. Nall blting
problems
3.
4.
?
Thumb sucking tendency?
Involuntary wetting of the bed ?
0000000000
5. Involuntary solling of pants?
6. Disturbed sleep ?
7. Increase in temper tantrums ?
8. Socialwithdrawal tendency ?
9. Tendency to
10. Increased babyish?behaviour.
11. irritability
Speech characterized byfrequent repeti
tion /prolongation sounds or syllabus
of
of words
12. (stammering )?
Scholastic problems ?
13. Anxiety?
14. Spech articulation
15. defect?
000000000
Examìnatlon
16. Poor memoryphobia
?
?
17. Lack of attention ?
18. Lack of
concentration ?
19. Fussy eating habits ?"
20. Regression of
(such as bowelPreviously acquired skills
&bladder control) ?
21. Strong reluctance to
share with sibling ?
22.. Lack of positive
23. Few friendly regard for sibling?
Interactions with sibling(s) ?
24. Hositility, physical
0000
trauma and or maliclous
ness towards sibling ?
25. Undermining tendencies towards the
26.
sibling ?
Marked competition with siblingsfor the 0
attehtion with an unusal degree of nega
tive feelings? 0
Total Score
0
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(Sr. No. STATEMENTS Most OftenOccasionally Never Score
27. Persistent or recurrent fear/avoldance of
strangers and peers ?
28. Unreallstic, preoccupying worry that some
untoward event such as the child being
lost, kidnapped, admitted to hospitalor
killed, willseparate him/her from motherl
father/grand parentiany other ?
29. Unrealistic worry about possible harm
befalling the attachment figure or a fear
0
that they willleave and not return ?
30, Persistant reluctance/refusal to go
to 00
school because of fear of seperation ?
to
31. Persistant reluctancelrefusal to go
sleep without being nearto the attachment
figure ?
32. Persistant inapproplate fear of
being alone 0
or without parent the whole day ?
separation ?
00
33, Repeated hightmares about
symp
34. Repeated occurrence of physical
headache,
toms (Nausea, stomach ache,
involve
vomiting) on occasions that
separation such as leaving home to go
the school?
0
distress (crying,
35. Excessive recurrent antlcl
tantrums, social withdrawal) In
following
pation or during or immediatelyfigure ?
separationfrom the attachment
36. Self-injurious behaviour? 0
depression of
37. Persistent and marked Loss of
mood; Excessive mlsery, enjoyable
interest and pleasure in usually
Hopelessness ?
activities, Self-blame,. Total Score
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(Sr. No. STATEMENTS Most OftenOccasionallyNever Score
38. Aggressive behaviour ?
39. Defiant conduct ?
40. Excesslve levels of
fighting/bullying?
41. Cruelty to animals or other people ?
0000000000000
000000 0
42. Severe destructiveness to property ?
43. Fire setting habits ?
44. Stealing habits ?
45. Repeated lying habits ?
46, Habit of truancy from school?
47. Habit of running away from home ?
48. Habit of unuSual frequent temper tantrums?
49. Defiant provOcative behaviour.
50. Persistant severe disobedience ?
51. Isolation from andlor rejection by or
unpopularity with other children ?
52. Lack of close friends ?
53. Hostile relations with adults ?
54. Resistance to authority ?
55. Deliberate attempts toannoy others ?
56. Annoying tendencles on trivial incidents.
67. Blaming tendencies towards others for
his mistakes/ difficulties.
58. Violation of age appropriate social expec
tations In terms of manners, academlc
performance and compliance with adults,
rules and regulations ?

Total Score
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 MANUAL

FOR

PROBLEM P

BEHAVIOUR B

CHECK C

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Vimala Veeraraghavan Archana Dogra

M.A. (Psy.), M.S.W., Ph.D. M.A., Ph.D.
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