Construct Validation of Children's Behavior Problem Dimensions: Relationship to Activity Level, Impulsivity, and Soft Neurological Signs
- 1 March 1979
- journal article
- research article
- Published by Taylor & Francis in The Journal of Psychology
- Vol. 101 (2) , 273-278
- https://doi.org/10.1080/00223980.1979.9915081
Abstract
A construct validation study of dimensions of children's behavior problems was carried out with use of multiple linear regression. The Ss were 76 latency-aged boys in residential treatment. The dimensions involved were Conduct Disorder and Inadequacy-Immaturity. The predictor variables were activity level, impulsivity, and soft signs of neurological damage. Results indicated that Conduct Disorder was significantly predicted by activity level, in combination with impulsivity. Inadequacy-Immaturity was significantly predicted by activity level and soft signs. A third dimension, Personality Disorder, was found to be uncorrelated with the three predictor variables.Keywords
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