Development of a screening tool for detecting developmental disabilities and at-risk conditions in younger children is described. Data obtained from this tool are correlated with two other widely used screening instruments. Future research should continue to explore the interrelationship of items on screening instruments to obtain valid and…

Obtained a factor analysis of demographic and behavioral variables from self-ratings and observations of trained raters on a sample of 200 incarcerated delinquents, which resulted in eight identifiable factors. Results provide understanding of the relationships and disparities between self-ratings, the ratings of others, and demographic variables.…

Presents a factor analysis of personality, intellectual, demographic and behavioral variables obtained from 200 incarcerated delinquents. Results described five personality groupings: White and older adolescent offenders with good verbal skills, the older adolescent offender, the institutional disrupter, and the anxious, verbal offender rated as…

Administered the Child Abuse Potential (CAP) Inventory to Parents (N=99) assessed as "At Risk" of parenting problems. The "At Risk" group scored significantly above a norm group. Comparison with an earlier study indicates the program is more effective in selecting parents in need of services, but participants may resist…

Described a 50-item, self-administered neuropsychological screening test with test results correlating with three reference measures for three participant groupings--Normals (N=22), Psychiatric Patients (N=21) and Neurological Patients (N=14). Results suggested that neuropsychological self-description can correlate with performance measures that…

The presence of relatively high and positive partial correlations between appropriate subtest scores for 56 mildly retarded adolescents supported the concurrent validity of the Woodcock Reading Mastery Tests relative to the Peabody Individual Achievement Test and to criterion variables. (Author/PN)