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Peer reviewedO'Leary, Susan G.; Steen, Patricia L. – Journal of Consulting and Clinical Psychology, 1982
Using three samples of children--a heterogeneous group, a hyperactive group, and a replication sample of hyperactive children--evaluted the Stony Brook Scale (SBS). Results indicated the SBS independently assessed hyperactivity and aggression in samples of hyperactive children. (Author/RC)
Descriptors: Aggression, Behavior Rating Scales, Children, Classification
Download full textHall, Cathy W.; Marks, Henry – 1988
The study investigated possible relationships between rating scales frequently used for diagnostic purposes with children in the diagnostic category of attention deficit disorder/hyperactivity (ADD/H) and performance on the Gordon Diagnostic System (GDS). The study also examined whether subgroups of ADD/H children could be discriminated utilizing…
Descriptors: Attention Deficit Disorders, Behavior Rating Scales, Classification, Clinical Diagnosis
Peer reviewedSouth, Mikle; Williams, Brenda J.; McMahon, William M.; Owley, Thomas; Filipek, Pauline A.; Shernoff, E.; Corsello, Christina; Lainhart, Janet E.; Landa, Rebecca; Ozonoff, Sally – Journal of Autism and Developmental Disorders, 2002
A study examined the validity of the Gilliam Autism Rating Scale (GARS) with 119 children (ages 3-10) with strict DSM-IV (Diagnostic Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders-IV) diagnoses of autism. The GARS consistently underestimated the likelihood that children would be classified as having autism. Limitations of ratings scales and of the GARS…
Descriptors: Autism, Behavior Rating Scales, Classification, Clinical Diagnosis
Huberty, Carl J.; And Others – 1996
This article illustrates how a cluster analysis can be conducted, validated, and interpreted. Data normed for a behavioral assessment instrument with 14 scales on a nationally representative sample of U.S. school children were utilized. The discussion explores the similarity index, cluster method, cluster typology, cluster validity, cluster…
Descriptors: Behavior Patterns, Behavior Rating Scales, Classification, Cluster Analysis
Peer reviewedGully, Kevin J.; Hosch, Harmon M. – American Journal of Mental Deficiency, 1979
Three classifications of 6- through 12-year-old children (388 nonretarded, 115 educable mentally retarded, and 85 trainable mentally retarded) were evaluated on the public school version of the Adaptive Behavior Scale by their teachers. (Author/SBH)
Descriptors: Behavior Rating Scales, Classification, Discriminant Analysis, Elementary Education
Hall, John D.; Ashley, Donna M.; Bramlett, Ronald K.; Murphy, John J. – 2000
This report presents a study that examined the effects of symptom item formats on estimates of risk status across alternative attention deficit hyperactivity disorder (ADHD) behavior checklists for 38 referred children. The mean age of the children was 7 years 9 months. The study focused on ADHD risk as measured by two behavior checklists which…
Descriptors: Attention Deficit Disorders, Behavior Rating Scales, Check Lists, Classification
Peer reviewedSemmel, Melvyn I.; Gao, Xiaohong – Journal of Special Education, 1992
This study found that 27 Chinese teachers' perceptions of 196 elementary students nominated as learning disabled or educable mentally retarded (based on identifying characteristics used in the United States) were significantly less favorable than ratings of students nominated as average or gifted. Discriminant analysis yielded 72.19 percent…
Descriptors: Attitudes toward Disabilities, Behavior Problems, Behavior Rating Scales, Classification
