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Shapiro, Edward S.; And Others – Journal of School Psychology, 1985
Teachers of 35 boys in the Lehigh University-based laboratory school for emotionally and behaviorally disturbed children completed rating scales assessing aggressive behavior in students. Children completed similar self-report instruments. Frequency counts of aggressive outbursts and outburst durations were recorded. Results found significant…
Descriptors: Adolescents, Aggression, Behavior Disorders, Behavior Rating Scales
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Applegate, Heather; Matson, Johnny L.; Cherry, Katie E. – Research in Developmental Disabilities, 1999
A study used the Questions about Behavior Function Scale to examine the functions of five severe problem behaviors (self-injurious behavior, aggression, stereotypies, pica, and rumination) in 417 institutionalized persons with mental retardation. The most common function for all behaviors except aggression was nonsocial. Aggression was maintained…
Descriptors: Adults, Aggression, Antisocial Behavior, Behavior Disorders
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Kishore, M. T.; Nizamie, S. H.; Nizamie, A. – Journal of Intellectual Disability Research, 2005
Background: Problems associated with psychiatric diagnoses could be minimized by identifying behavioural clusters of specific psychiatric disorders. Methods: Sixty persons with intellectual disability (ID) and behavioural problems, aged 12?55 years, were assessed with standardized Indian tools for intelligence and adaptive behaviour. Clinical…
Descriptors: Psychosis, Personality Problems, Clinical Diagnosis, Mental Retardation
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Konold, Timothy R.; Hamre, Bridget K.; Pianta, Robert C. – Behavioral Disorders, 2003
A study involving 1,097 2-year-olds examined whether the items located on the Child Behavior Checklist/1-5 would provide reasonable indicators of the seven first-order behavioral dimensions purportedly measured by this instrument. Results support the presence of six factors: somatic complaints, withdrawn, attention problems, aggressive behaviors,…
Descriptors: Aggression, Attention Deficit Disorders, Behavior Disorders, Behavior Rating Scales