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Dever, Bridget V.; Dowdy, Erin; DiStefano, Christine – School Psychology Review, 2018
Preschool has been recognized as an optimal time to provide behavioral and emotional supports to children; however, there is a need to examine the stability, accuracy, and predictive validity of universal emotional and behavioral screening scores in early childhood to inform procedures for repeated screenings across time. The present study…
Descriptors: Screening Tests, Accuracy, Predictive Validity, Scores
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Greer, Fred W.; DiStefano, Christine A.; Liu, Jin; Cain, Leia K. – Assessment for Effective Intervention, 2015
The aim of this study was to provide psychometric evidence related to the "Behavioral and Emotional Screening System Teacher Rating Scale-Preschool" form's (BESS TRS-P) ability to identify emerging problems in preschool children. Reliability and validity associated with screener scores were compared by analyzing teacher ratings of…
Descriptors: Rating Scales, Psychometrics, Preschool Children, Behavior Problems
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Epstein, Michael H.; Synhorst, Lori L.; Cress, Cynthia J.; Allen, Elizabeth A. – Journal of Emotional and Behavioral Disorders, 2009
The purpose of the present study was to document the development and standardization of the "Preschool Behavioral and Emotional Rating Scale" and to examine its factor structure, internal consistency, and criterion validity. Data from a nationally representative sample (N = 1,471) of preschool children with and without disabilities were…
Descriptors: School Readiness, Predictive Validity, Disabilities, Factor Structure
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Leblanc, Nancy; Boivin, Michel; Dionne, Ginette; Brendgen, Mara; Vitaro, Frank; Tremblay, Richard E.; Perusse, Daniel – Journal of Abnormal Child Psychology, 2008
The objectives of this study were to establish the different developmental trajectories of hyperactive-impulsive behaviors on the basis of both mother and father ratings at 19, 32, 50, and 63 months, and to examine the predictive validity of these trajectories with respect to later hyperactive-impulsive behaviors, as rated by teachers in the first…
Descriptors: Mothers, Predictive Validity, Fathers, Hyperactivity
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Kerr, David C. R.; Lunkenheimer, Erika S.; Olson, Sheryl L. – Journal of Child Psychology and Psychiatry, 2007
Background: Children's early problem behavior that manifests in multiple contexts is often more serious and stable. The concurrent and predictive validity of ratings of externalizing and internalizing by four informants was examined at preschool and early school age in an at-risk sample. Methods: Two hundred forty children were assessed by mothers…
Descriptors: Check Lists, Behavior Problems, Mothers, Fathers
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Schaefer, Barbara A.; Shur, Kimberely Fitch; Macri-Summers, Maria; MacDonald, Scott L. – Journal of Psychoeducational Assessment, 2004
This study provides concurrent and predictive validity and test-retest reliability evidence for scores from the preschool teacher-completed Preschool Learning Behaviors Scale (PLBS; McDermott, Green, Francis, & Stott, 2002) using two regional samples of preschool children aged 3 to 5.5 years (Ns of 61 and 70). Teacher ratings of social skills…
Descriptors: Predictive Validity, Preschool Children, Measures (Individuals), Preschool Teachers