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Canivez, Gary L.; von der Embse, Nathaniel P.; McGill, Ryan J. – School Psychology, 2021
The Behavior Assessment System for Children-Third Edition (BASC-3) is the most recent edition and the Teacher Rating Scales (TRS) was reported to be the most frequently used test in school psychology practice. Despite its popularity, there is a lack of independent empirical research regarding psychometric properties. The BASC-3 "Manual,"…
Descriptors: Child Behavior, Rating Scales, Behavior Problems, Construct Validity
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Catherine P. Bradshaw; Heather McDaniel; Elise T. Pas; Katrina J. Debnam; Jessika H. Bottiani; Nicole Powell; Nicholas S. Ialongo; Antonio Morgan-Lopez; John E. Lochman – Grantee Submission, 2025
We report findings from a 40 middle school randomized controlled trial of an adapted version of Coping Power (Lochman & Wells, 2002a) for middle schoolers, called the Early Adolescent Coping Power (EACP) Program (Bradshaw et al., 2019) to determine the impact of EACP on adolescents' mental health outcomes, as indicated by student self-reported…
Descriptors: Middle School Students, Early Adolescents, Coping, Program Effectiveness
Makol, Bridget A.; De Los Reyes, Andres; Ostrander, Rick S.; Reynolds, Elizabeth K. – Grantee Submission, 2019
When compared to one another, multiple informants' reports of adolescent internalizing problems often reveal low convergence. This creates challenges in the delivery of clinical services, particularly for severe outcomes linked to internalizing problems, namely suicidal thoughts and behaviors. Clinicians would benefit from methods that facilitate…
Descriptors: Adolescents, Behavior Problems, Hospitals, Patients
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Maddox, Brenna B.; Cleary, Patrick; Kuschner, Emily S.; Miller, Judith S.; Armour, Anna Chelsea; Guy, Lisa; Kenworthy, Lauren; Schultz, Robert T.; Yerys, Benjamin E. – Autism: The International Journal of Research and Practice, 2018
Many children with autism spectrum disorder display challenging behaviors. These behaviors are not limited to those with cognitive and/or language impairments. The Collaborative and Proactive Solutions framework proposes that challenging behaviors result from an incompatibility between environmental demands and a child's "lagging…
Descriptors: Autism, Pervasive Developmental Disorders, Children, Behavior Problems
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Dean, Michelle; Williams, Justin; Orlich, Felice; Kasari, Connie – School Psychology Review, 2020
This study used a randomized controlled trial to compare two distinct models of group social skills interventions with adolescents with autism spectrum disorder (ASD). Participants had a confirmed diagnosis of ASD, had an IQ greater than or equal to 70, and were educated in the general education setting. Data from 62 adolescent participants who…
Descriptors: Adolescents, Middle School Students, High School Students, Students with Disabilities
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Nielsen, Kathleen; Andria-Habermann, Kathryn; Richards, Todd; Abbott, Robert; Mickail, Terry; Berninger, Virginia – Journal of Psychoeducational Assessment, 2018
Parents completed the Behavior Assessment System for Children, Second Edition: Parent Rating Scale (BASC2 PRS) while their children (94 boys, 61 girls; M = 11 years 11 months) were given tests. Evidence-based profiles of multiple test scores and history (emergence and persistence) were used to assign to groups without specific learning…
Descriptors: Child Behavior, Rating Scales, Emotional Response, Learning Disabilities
Curhan, Alexa L.; Rabinowitz, Jill A.; Pas, Elise T.; Bradshaw, Catherine P. – Grantee Submission, 2019
A number of studies have used variable-centered approaches to examine informant discrepancies on children's behavior problems; however, few such studies have used person-centered approaches to explore patterns of informant discrepancies or correlates of discrepancies in informant symptom ratings. The present study addressed these gaps by examining…
Descriptors: Behavior Problems, Symptoms (Individual Disorders), Child Behavior, At Risk Persons
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Myunghee Ahn, Christine; Ebesutani, Chad – Psychology in the Schools, 2015
Korean middle school students are experiencing high rates of behavioral and emotional problems, suggesting a need for comprehensive screening instruments with strong psychometric properties in school settings. The present study investigated the utility of the Behavior Assessment System for Children-2 Self-Report of Personality, Adolescent Form…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Middle School Students, Behavior Problems, Emotional Problems
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Ellison, Kimberly S.; Bundy, Myra Beth; Wygant, Dustin B.; Gore, Jonathan S. – Journal of Mental Health Research in Intellectual Disabilities, 2016
The new DSM-5 dimensional framework of Autism Spectrum Disorders (ASD) features severity ratings of social communication (SC) and restrictive/repetitive behaviors (RRB) and little research has been conducted since its inception. There has been a recent increase in the administration and adoption of broadband behavior-rating scales by clinicians,…
Descriptors: Autism, Pervasive Developmental Disorders, Rating Scales, Child Behavior
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Whetstone, Patti J.; Gillmor, Susan C.; Schuster, Jonathan G. – Rural Special Education Quarterly, 2015
Ten at-risk students in a rural high school completed a social skills program based on metacognitive strategies and aligned with social and emotional learning principles. The intervention's primary goal was to stimulate the development of metacognitive strategies for internal locus of control in the students, rather than attempting to change their…
Descriptors: Interpersonal Competence, Intervention, Adolescents, Metacognition
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Lowe, Patricia A. – Journal of Psychoeducational Assessment, 2014
A new multidimensional measure of test anxiety, the Test Anxiety Measure for Adolescents (TAMA), specifically designed for U.S. adolescents in Grades 6 to 12 was developed and its psychometric properties were examined. The TAMA consists of five scales (Cognitive Interference, Physiological Hyperarousal, Social Concerns, Task Irrelevant Behavior,…
Descriptors: Test Anxiety, Adolescents, Psychometrics, Test Construction
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McKenney, Elizabeth L. W.; Stachniak, Catherine; Albright, Jordan; Jewell, Jeremy D.; Dorencz, Julie M. – Education and Training in Autism and Developmental Disabilities, 2016
An exploratory, observation-based study sought to strengthen understanding of the development of social communication skills that facilitate academic success, particularly within general education settings. Sixteen middle and high school students with Autism Spectrum Disorders (ASD), all of whom participated in at least one period per day of core…
Descriptors: Autism, Pervasive Developmental Disorders, Social Behavior, General Education
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Rueger, Sandra Yu; Jenkins, Lyndsay N. – School Psychology Quarterly, 2014
The purpose of the current study is to investigate the effects of frequency of peer victimization experiences on psychological and academic adjustment during early adolescence, with a focus on testing psychological adjustment as a mediator, as well as differences based on gender and type of victimization. The sample in this short-term longitudinal…
Descriptors: Bullying, Peer Relationship, Victims, Incidence
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Mahan, Sara; Matson, Johnny L. – Research in Autism Spectrum Disorders, 2011
As the "Behavioral Assessment System for Children, Second Edition" ("BASC-2") is often used to aid in diagnosis it is important to discern how children and adolescents with Autism Spectrum Disorder (ASD) score on the "BASC-2" compared to typically developing controls. This study compared scores of typically developing…
Descriptors: Autism, Pervasive Developmental Disorders, Evaluation Methods, Clinical Diagnosis
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Mano, Kristen E. Jastrowski; Davies, W. Hobart; Klein-Tasman, Bonita P.; Adesso, Vincent J. – Journal of Child and Family Studies, 2009
The Child Behavior Checklist (CBCL/6-18) is a widely used parent-report measure of youth internalizing and externalizing problems. Accumulating evidence, however, suggests that the CBCL may not adequately assess clinical problems in diverse populations. We investigated the measurement equivalence (ME) of the CBCL in an African American adolescent…
Descriptors: Check Lists, African Americans, Emotional Problems, Behavior Problems
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