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Murrie, Daniel C.; Boccaccini, Marcus T.; McCoy, Wendy; Cornell, Dewey G. – Journal of Clinical Child and Adolescent Psychology, 2007
This study examined the influence of diagnostic criteria and diagnostic labels for psychopathy or conduct disorder on judicial decisions. A national sample of judges (N = 326) rendered hypothetical dispositions based on 1 of 12 mock psychological evaluations. The evaluations varied the presence of 2 sets of diagnostic criteria (antisocial…
Descriptors: Personality Traits, Judges, Criteria, Juvenile Courts
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Dowling, J. R. – British Journal of Educational Psychology, 1980
A one-year followup study of 482 children (ages 10 and 11) in their final year of primary school was conducted to determine the extent to which personality, behavioral, and educational variables at the primary school level related to their social, emotional and educational adjustment at the secondary school level. (KC)
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Adjustment (to Environment), Behavioral Science Research, Children