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Rating Problem Behaviors in Outpatients with Mental Retardation: Use of the Aberrant Behavior Checklist.
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Freund, Lisa S.; Reiss, Allan L. – Research in Developmental Disabilities, 1991
Parent and teacher ratings on the Aberrant Behavior Checklist with an outpatient sample of 110 children, adolescents, and young adults with mental retardation found that the 5-factor structure of both parent and teacher data corresponded very well with the 5 factors originally obtained from staff ratings of mentally retarded inpatients. (Author/DB)
Descriptors: Adolescents, Behavior Problems, Behavior Rating Scales, Check Lists
The Verbal Behavior Assessment Scale (VerBAS): Construct Validity, Reliability, and Internal Consistency.
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Duker, Pieter C. – Research in Developmental Disabilities, 1999
To assess the psychometric characteristics of the Verbal Behavior Assessment Scale, the 15-item questionnaire was administered to pairs of caregivers of 115 individuals with developmental disabilities. Exploratory factor analysis involving 11 more participants revealed evidence concerning the distinction of three different communicative functions…
Descriptors: Adults, Children, Communication Skills, Developmental Disabilities
Factor Validity and Reliability for the Aberrant Behavior Checklist-Community in a Japanese Population with Mental Retardation.
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Ono, Yoshiro – Research in Developmental Disabilities, 1996
Evaluation of the factor validity and reliability of the Aberrant Behavior Checklist (Japanese version) with 322 subjects (mean age 30) with moderate to profound mental retardation found most items loading on the same factors as in the original factor solution, high coefficient alphas across 5 subscales, high test-retest reliability, and…
Descriptors: Behavior Problems, Behavior Rating Scales, Check Lists, Factor Analysis