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Mindrila, Diana L. – Psychology in the Schools, 2016
To describe and facilitate the identification of child school behavior patterns, we developed a typology of child school behavior (ages 6-11 years) using the norming data (N = 2,338) for the second edition of the Behavior Assessment System for Children Teacher Rating-Child form). Latent profile analysis was conducted with the entire data set,…
Descriptors: Classification, Student Behavior, Statistical Analysis, Multivariate Analysis
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Raines, Tara C.; Gordon, Melissa; Harrell-Williams, Leigh; Diliberto, Rachele A.; Parke, Elyse M. – Journal of Applied School Psychology, 2017
Interventions developed to improve adaptive skills can improve academic achievement. The authors expanded this line of research by examining the relationship between performance on a state proficiency exam and adaptive skills classifications on the Behavioral Assessment System for Children, Second Edition parent and teacher reports. Participants…
Descriptors: Hispanic American Students, Academic Achievement, Student Adjustment, Intervention
Segool, Natasha Katherine – ProQuest LLC, 2009
The current study explored differences in test anxiety on high-stakes standardized achievement testing and classroom testing among elementary school children. This is the first study to directly examine differences in student test anxiety across two testing conditions with different stakes among young children. Three hundred and thirty-five…
Descriptors: Elementary School Students, Incidence, Testing, Academic Achievement
Dowdy, Erin; Kamphaus, Randy W. – California School Psychologist, 2007
There is growing evidence that current classification methods are not consistent with current empirical knowledge of childhood psychopathology and the optimal way to classify school-age children remains controversial. The current study investigated three classification methods (categorical, dimensional, person-oriented) for use in predicting…
Descriptors: Grade Point Average, Educational Objectives, Outcomes of Education, Academic Achievement
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Lindstrom, William A., Jr.; Lease, A. Michele; Kamphaus, Randy W. – Psychology in the Schools, 2007
External correlates of a teacher-rated typology of child adjustment developed using the Behavior Assessment System for Children were examined. Participants included 377 elementary school children recruited from 26 classrooms in the southeastern United States. Multivariate analyses of variance and planned comparisons were used to determine whether…
Descriptors: Emotional Adjustment, Elementary School Students, Social Control, Social Status
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Kim, Sangwon; Kamphaus, Randy W.; Baker, Jean A. – Journal of School Psychology, 2006
A constructive debate over the classification of child psychopathology can be stimulated by investigating the validity of different classification approaches. We examined and compared the short-term predictive validity of cluster analytic and dimensional classifications of child behavioral adjustment in school using the Behavior Assessment System…
Descriptors: Grade 1, Grade 2, Psychopathology, Rating Scales