Of the 345 children positive on the Year 1 BITSEA problem and / or
competence cutpoints, 59.4 % continued to be positive on the BITSEA in Year 2, χ2 (1, 1098) = 190.5, p <.01.
The BITSEA / P cutpoint and combined problem and
competence cutpoints (BITSEA / PC) had good to excellent sensitivity and good specificity relative to the CBCL / 1.5 - 5 (Table III).
Not exact matches
While awaiting clinical
cutpoints, when the explicit goal is to identify children with more extreme psychopathology and / or delays in
competence, one may employ more stringent
cutpoints, based on this representative sample.
Statistical
cutpoints for problems and
competence were defined in 6 - month age groups by child's sex (Table I).
Based on age and sex findings,
cutpoints were set to identify approximately 25 % of children in the at - risk range for problems and 10 % to 15 % as low in
competence, a higher threshold than for problems, due to an expectation that significant social - emotional delays will be less common than significant problem behaviors.