The placement or ordering of items on behavior rating scales which elicit extreme responses (anchor stimulus items) affect the responses given to neutral items. (DG)

Results indicate that the parents of non-delinquents can be clearly differentiated from parents of delinquents in terms of displaying a higher activity level, less rejection, higher parental adjustment, lower consistency of controls, but higher consistency of feelings. (Author)

Nineteen children were rated on 24 behavior traits by ten nurses in a children's in-patient unit. (Author)

Investigates the resistance to temptation of disadvantaged 5-year-old Negro children in a game-like situation. (WY)

Concurrent validity of the Personal Attribute Inventory for Children was supported through correlation of the scores of 628 elementary children in grades 5 through 10 with their scores on the State Trait Anxiety Inventory for Children and the Behavior Rating Profile Student Scales. (PN)

The rationale for using a behavioral assessment approach in the evaluation of hyperactivity is explained, and the various procedures for behaviorally assessing hyperactivity are reviewed. Guidelines and resources are also suggested for the practitioner to use in behavioral assessment of hyperactivity. (SW)

Completed behavioral ratings on four subscales of Scales for Rating the Behavioral Characteristics of Superior Students (SRBCSS) on groups of Anglo- (N=491) and Mexican-American gifted students (N=34). Significant ethnic differences were found on the learning and motivation scales. There were no significant differences on creativity and leadership…

The development of a 34-item self-report measure of behavioral adjustment to school is described in detail. Analysis identified three distinct scales--studiousness, compliance, and teacher contact. Various applications of the instrument, including the use of a teacher form, are also discussed. (Author/KC)

Two studies examined an observation instrument designed to obtain frequency counts on the behaviors of learning disabled children during small group instruction. Findings indicate that intervention strategies designed to modify behaviors in disabled children may have positive effects on their academic progress and that observation of their…

Investigated effects of sex difference, social desirability instructions, and birth order of respondents on defense mechanisms inventory (DMI). Sex difference was found in projection only. Social desirability effects were found in turning-against-others, projection, principalization, and reversal. Thus, an interpretive caution is in order…

To develop a peer rating scale from which a behavioral complex corresponding to hyperkinetic impulse disorder could emerge, 27 seventh graders answered a yes/no 50-item questionnaire on child behavior for each of 23 classroom peers. The findings refute the view that hyperactivity is merely a pejorative term used by adults about child behavior.…