The development of a psychosocial behaviour scale for the assessment of mentally handicapped people

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Abstract
The development of a new behavior assessment scale is described. The scale focuses particularly upon disturbed behaviors which may be indicative of an ''hysterical response tendency''. Factor analysis of the scale yielded a relatively ''pure'' structure and the sub-scales generated thereby provide a useful descriptive profile and help to define areas for a more detailed appraisal. Applications of the scale are discussed.