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Puig, Marieva; Lambert, Michael Canute; Rowan, George T.; Winfrey, Tyrone; Lyubansky, Mikhail; Hannah, Stanley D.; Hill, Martin F. – Journal of Emotional and Behavioral Disorders, 1999
A study compared observers' and teachers' reports on 54 Jamaican and 48 African American children (ages 6-11). Observers' ratings revealed higher total problem scores for Jamaican children than for their African American peers. In contrast, teachers' ratings indicated that African American children received higher total problem scores than…
Descriptors: Behavior Disorders, Blacks, Cultural Differences, Elementary Education
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Cunningham, Phillippe B.; And Others – Journal of Emotional and Behavioral Disorders, 1996
This study examined the cross-ethnic equivalence of several measures commonly used to tap contextual correlates (i.e., parental symptomatology, family relations, peer relations) of serious emotional disturbance in children. Subjects were 117 juvenile offenders with diagnosed substance abuse or dependence disorders and considerable psychiatric…
Descriptors: Adolescents, Behavior Disorders, Children, Cultural Differences