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Assessing Children's Emotional Security in the Interparental Relationship: The Security in the Interparental Subsystem Scales.
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Davies, Patrick T.; Forman, Evan M.; Rasi, Jennifer A.; Stevens, Kristopher I. – Child Development, 2002
Evaluated new self-report measure assessing children's strategies for preserving emotional security in context of interparental conflict. Factor analyses of the Security in the Interparental Subsystem (SIS) Scale supported a 7-factor solution. The SIS demonstrated satisfactory internal consistency and test-retest reliability. Support for test…
Descriptors: Early Adolescents, Factor Analysis, Measures (Individuals), Parent Child Relationship
The Development of a Behavior Checklist for Boys.
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Ross, Alan O.; And Others – Child Development, 1965
The Pittsburgh Adjustment Survey Scales were developed to meet the need for the objective evaluation of the social behavior of elementary school-age boys using the observations of classroom teachers. An initial item pool was reduced to 94 items by an extreme-group procedure (202 subjects). A factor analysis (209 subjects) of the inventory resulted…
Descriptors: Behavior Rating Scales, Elementary School Students, Factor Analysis, Factor Structure
The Vicissitudes of Measurement: A Confirmatory Factor Analysis of the Emotional Autonomy Scale.
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Schmitz, Mark F.; Baer, Judith C. – Child Development, 2001
Examined factor structure of the emotional Autonomy Scale (EAS) in 3 samples of adolescents, with each sample consisting of 3 racial/ethnic groups. Found that the EAS exhibited poor construct validity and behaved quite differently for different grade and ethnic groups. Suggested that the most credible solution may be to reexamine the conceptual…
Descriptors: Adolescent Development, Adolescents, Age Differences, Construct Validity
Revealing the Relation between Temperament and Behavior Problem Symptoms by Eliminating Measurement Confounding: Expert Ratings and Factor Analyses.
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Lemery, Kathryn S.; Essex, Marilyn J.; Smider, Nancy A. – Child Development, 2002
This study examined whether item overlap, or measurement confounding, accounts for the correlation between temperament and behavior problem symptoms in children. Experts rated items on Children's Behavior Questionnaire and Preschool Behavior Questionnaire for their fit to both constructs, and then these items were factor analyzed with longitudinal…
Descriptors: Behavior Development, Behavior Problems, Children, Error of Measurement
Assessing Marital Conflict from the Child's Perspective: The Children's Perception of Interparental Conflict Scale.
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Grych, John H.; And Others – Child Development, 1992
Reports on the development and testing of the Children's Perception of Interparental Conflict Scale. Three subscales were derived from factor analysis. The validity of the conflict subscale was supported by parent reports of conflict. The threat and self-blame subscales correlated with children's responses to conflict vignettes. (BC)
Descriptors: Adjustment (to Environment), Childhood Attitudes, Conflict, Elementary Education
Structure, Stability, and Development of Young Children's Self-Concepts: A Multicohort-Multioccasion Study.
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Marsh, Herbert W.; Craven, Rhonda; Debus, Raymond – Child Development, 1998
Used new administration procedure of Self Description Questionnaire to assess dimensions of young children's self-concept in a multicohort-multioccasion study. Found that the scale's reliability and stability improved with age and from one year to the next. Gender differences were stable over age. Time 1 teacher ratings contributed to the…
Descriptors: Age Differences, Cohort Analysis, Factor Analysis, Individual Development