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Langner, Thomas S.; And Others – Journal of Consulting and Clinical Psychology, 1976
An inventory was constructed to screen children for psychiatric impairment. Factor analysis of the questionnaire items of child behavior yielded 18 factors. The 7 factors with the highest correlations with total psychiatric impairment were selected for the inventory, each represented by 5 items. (Author)
Descriptors: Behavior Problems, Children, Diagnostic Tests, Factor Analysis

Kazdin, Alan E.; And Others – Journal of Consulting and Clinical Psychology, 1983
Evaluated hopelessness, depression, and suicidal intent among preadolescent psychiatric patients (N=66), using the Hopelessness Scale for Children. Results showed children who scored high on the hopelessness scale showed significantly more severe depression. Suicidal intent was more consistently correlated with hopelessness than with depression.…
Descriptors: Behavior Problems, Depression (Psychology), Emotional Disturbances, Institutionalized Persons