Parent and teacher ratings of 140 middle school children were collected, using the Revised Behavior Problem Checklist (RBPC). Pearson correlation coefficients revealed generally low variability among the correlations between teacher ratings and parent ratings. (Author/CL)

The author describes the use of AIM (Achievement Identification Measure), a parent report, to identify gifted students' underachievement characteristics. AIM examines five dimensions: competition, responsibility, self-control, achievement communication, and respect. (CL)

A training exercise is presented to help teachers become familiar with key concepts in the Scales for Rating Behavioral Characteristics of Superior Students. Activities suggested include matching concepts with items from the scales and categorizing children's behaviors according to the scales. (CL)

The G index of agreement, introduced by Holley and Guilford for correlating persons over n2-point variables is generalized for multi-point variables, allowing one person to be rated along a r-point scale and the other person to be rated along a c-point scale, by means of a weighting procedure. (Author)

A device to organize more objectively the behavior of students.'' (Editor)

It was tentatively concluded that a therapist's orientation as measured on the "analytic experiential" dimension is independent of his A/B disposition, and that it is inappropriate to think of A therapists as socially independent nonconforming and of B therapists as socially dependent conforming. (Author/CJ)

The effectiveness of phenothiazine treatment in delaying hospitalization for those schizophrenic patients hospitalized during the course of their clinic treatment was examined. (CD)

The Fundamental Interpersonal Relations Orientation Behavior (FIRO-B) scale is a measure of inclusion, control and affection. Examination of the component algorithms which yield its global compatibility score suggest an inconsistent use of absolute values and real numbers. A modification of Schutz's original mathematical schema is presented.…

Two studies on the use of the American Association on Mental Deficiency Adaptive Behavior Scale were conducted with autistic children--one compared ratings by parents and teachers on the same child, the other examined change measured by the scale across an academic year. (Author)

The article critically appraises and reviews a selected group of nine observational instruments commonly used to assess activity level (and in particular, hyperactivity) in young children, and provides an annotated bibliography of 13 newer or less popular instruments. (DLS)

Two separate studies using Form IV of the Sensation-Seeking Scale (SSS) are reported. The first study correlates SSS by factor and sex with the earlier Form II SSS, supporting the reliability of the General SSS scale and discriminant validity of the Form IV SSS factor scales in relationship to general sensation-seeking. In the second study,…

This study was carried out in a Turkish university with 216 undergraduate students of computer technology as respondents. The study aimed to develop a scale (UECUBS) to determine the unethical computer use behavior. A factor analysis of the related items revealed that the factors were can be divided under five headings; intellectual property,…

An approach to studying children's strategies in social interactions and in material tasks has been developed for use with children 3 through 6 years of age. The Children's Strategies Assessment System (CSAS) provides both a time and an event sample of behaviors and records children's strategies under each of five constructs: involvement,…

The present study was conducted to ascertain whether the Sc-O Scale successfully could continue to identify brain-damaged individuals and differentiate them from schizophrenics. (Author)