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Kim, Sangwon; Orpinas, Pamela; Martin, Roy; Horne, Arthur M.; Sullivan, Terri N.; Hall, Daniel B. – Journal of Psychoeducational Assessment, 2010
This study examined a typology of adaptive and maladaptive behaviors of 2,552 ethnically diverse early adolescents who attended sixth grade in public schools and lived in disadvantaged communities. Behavioral adjustment of adolescents was measured by teacher ratings using the Behavior Assessment System for Children (BASC). Although typologies of…
Descriptors: Behavior Problems, Early Adolescents, Classification, Grade 6
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Farrell, Albert D.; Sullivan, Terri N. – Journal of Community Psychology, 2004
Two studies used latent growth-curve analysis to examine the relation between witnessing violence and changes in problem behaviors (drug use, aggression, and delinquency) and attitudes during early adolescence. In Study 1, six waves of data covering 6th to 8th grades were collected from 731 students in urban schools serving mostly African-American…
Descriptors: Urban Areas, Gender Differences, Rural Areas, Drug Abuse