The prediction of behavior problems in 6- to 8- year-old children from mothers' reports of child-rearing practices
✍ Scribed by T. E. Dielman; R. B. Cattell
- Publisher
- John Wiley and Sons
- Year
- 1972
- Tongue
- English
- Weight
- 438 KB
- Volume
- 28
- Category
- Article
- ISSN
- 0021-9762
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✦ Synopsis
The dimensionality of behavior problem shas received thorough attention in recent literature in the work of Quay et al. (16, I7, 1*), who have repeatedly identified three to four orthogonal factors in analyses of teachers' checklists of problem behavior. Earlier factor analytic investigations in this area (Hirnmelweit's(") analysis of Ackerson's(') case record data, and Peterson'~(1~) analysis of teacher checklist data) identified two major dimensions identified as "personality problem" and "conduct problem." The former was composed of such variables as sensitivity, absent-mindedness, seclusiveness, daydreaming, inefficiency in work, inferiority feelings, changeability in moods, and nervousness; the latter dimension was composed of such variables as truancy from home and school, fighting, lying, destructiveness, rudeness, selfishness, and temper tantrums. Dielman ( 5 ) and Dielman, el al. c6) have criticized the earlier investigations on both theoretical and methodological grounds and have identified eight factors, which are those employed as the dependent variables in this study, as "hyperactivity," "disciplinary prob-