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Chan, Kathy; Penner, Kailee; Mah, Janet W. T.; Johnston, Charlotte – Child & Family Behavior Therapy, 2010
The use of parenting measures that are developed for use with Western families without testing their validity among families from non-Western cultural backgrounds may not be appropriate. Similar parenting behaviors may affect child outcomes in different ways across different cultures. This study examined the cross-cultural validity of an…
Descriptors: Behavior Problems, Mothers, Validity, Child Rearing
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Schmidt, Fred; McKinnon, Lauren; Chattha, Harpreet K.; Brownlee, Keith – Psychological Assessment, 2006
The concurrent and predictive validity of the Psychopathy Checklist: Youth Version (PCL:YV) were examined across gender and ethnicity using multiple outcome measures on a community-based sample of 130 adjudicated youths. The PCL:YV demonstrated concurrent validity with externalizing behavior problems but, it is important to note, was also…
Descriptors: Check Lists, Behavior Problems, Recidivism, Ethnicity
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Belsito, Laura; Ryan, Bruce A.; Brophy, Kathleen – Psychology in the Schools, 2005
The present study validated a brief at-risk screening instrument designed for easy use by teachers in the elementary school. School performance measures were collected for students in first to sixth grade one year following initial teacher ratings using the Screening For At-Risk Status screening instrument. Findings indicated that the instrument…
Descriptors: Grade 6, Predictive Validity, High Risk Students, Academic Achievement