Behavior Problems in Early Adolescence

Ratings on a scale of problem behavior developed by Peterson were made for 518 seventh- and eighth-grade children by their teachers. Factor analysis revealed that the majority of the variance could be accounted for by two factors, "conduct problem" and "personality problem." For...

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Published in:Child development 1965-03, Vol.36 (1), p.215-220
Main Authors: Quay, Herbert C., Quay, Lorene C.
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Adolescence
Adolescent
Behavior problems
Child
Child Behavior Disorders
Children
Factor analysis
Factor Analysis, Statistical
Factorials
Humans
Juvenile Delinquency
Mental Disorders
Old Medline
Personality
Personality Disorders
Personality psychology
Quays
Young offenders
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Summary:Ratings on a scale of problem behavior developed by Peterson were made for 518 seventh- and eighth-grade children by their teachers. Factor analysis revealed that the majority of the variance could be accounted for by two factors, "conduct problem" and "personality problem." For the eighth grade an additional factor, apparently related to behavioral immaturity, was found. Factor scores generally were satisfactorily independent, but two-rater reliability for a subsample was disappointingly low for the personality and immaturity factors. Results were consonant with other studies using similar methods but different samples.
ISSN:0009-3920
1467-8624
DOI:10.2307/1126791