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| Behavioral Disorders | 7 |
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| Bullock, Lyndal M. | 2 |
| Becker, Wesley C. | 1 |
| Bullis, Michael | 1 |
| Davis, Cheryl | 1 |
| Feil, Edward G. | 1 |
| Garber, Malcolm | 1 |
| Mattison, Richard E. | 1 |
| Newton, Stephen J. | 1 |
| Skiba, Russell J. | 1 |
| Wilson, Michael J. | 1 |
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| Journal Articles | 7 |
| Reports - Research | 5 |
| Reports - Evaluative | 3 |
| Information Analyses | 1 |
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| Researchers | 7 |
| Practitioners | 2 |
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| Child Behavior Checklist | 1 |
| Systematic Screening for… | 1 |
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Peer reviewedGarber, Malcolm; Newton, Stephen J. – Behavioral Disorders, 1989
The study compared effects of varying sets of instructions on teacher (N=376) and mental health professional (N=178) ratings of student problem behaviors. A statistically significant difference between teachers and mental health workers emerged, though main effects for instructions were not statistically different. Teachers were more consistent in…
Descriptors: Behavior Problems, Behavior Rating Scales, Psychologists, Student Behavior
Peer reviewedWilson, Michael J.; Bullock, Lyndal M. – Behavioral Disorders, 1989
Six behavior rating scales used with children with problematic behaviors were reviewed for psychometric soundness of reliability and validity. They are: Behavior Dimensions Rating Scale; Behavior Evaluation Scale; Child Behavior Checklist, Teacher Report Form; Devereux Elementary School Behavior Rating Scale; Revised Behavior Problem Checklist;…
Descriptors: Behavior Disorders, Behavior Problems, Behavior Rating Scales, Elementary Secondary Education
Peer reviewedFeil, Edward G.; Becker, Wesley C. – Behavioral Disorders, 1993
The Walker/Severson Systematic Screening for Behavior Disorders measure was revised for use with preschool children. The revision consists of three hierarchical stages of increasingly time-consuming methodologies: (1) teacher rankings, (2) teacher ratings, and (3) direct behavioral observations. Testing with 121 children demonstrated significant…
Descriptors: Behavior Disorders, Behavior Rating Scales, Preschool Children, Preschool Education
Peer reviewedBullock, Lyndal M.; And Others – Behavioral Disorders, 1990
This study organizes items from seven behavior rating instruments into as few behavior clusters as possible. Methods used include card sort activities and a panel of experts examining items to establish their subgroup placement. Findings indicate a method for organizing behavior descriptors into clearly defined subgroupings and unifying behavior…
Descriptors: Behavior Disorders, Behavior Rating Scales, Classification, Cluster Analysis
Peer reviewedBullis, Michael; Davis, Cheryl – Behavioral Disorders, 1996
This study conducted item reduction analyses on two measures of job-related social behavior for adolescents and young adults with emotional/behavioral disorders (Scale of Job-Related Social Skill Knowledge and Scale of Job-Related Social Skill Performance). The shortened measures contained 40 and 94 items, respectively. Reliability was…
Descriptors: Adolescents, Behavior Disorders, Behavior Rating Scales, Emotional Disturbances
The Importance of Construct Validity: Alternative Models for the Assessment of Behavioral Disorders.
Peer reviewedSkiba, Russell J. – Behavioral Disorders, 1989
The quantitative synthesis of 89 correlations from 16 studies of behavioral ratings and classroom observations suggested significant problems in the areas of the construct of behavioral disorder and criterion-related validity of widely used measures of social behavior. A "components of variance" model is proposed to aid in educational decision…
Descriptors: Behavior Disorders, Behavior Rating Scales, Classroom Observation Techniques, Decision Making
Peer reviewedMattison, Richard E.; And Others – Behavioral Disorders, 1993
The Achenbach and Edelbrock parent and teacher checklists were evaluated with boys, ages 6-11, with either severe emotional disturbance, psychiatric outpatient status, or in the general population. Logistic regression analyses showed the Total Problem scales of both checklists to be the most efficient and economical scales for classification.…
Descriptors: Behavior Rating Scales, Check Lists, Children, Clinical Diagnosis
