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Peer reviewedClarizio, Harvey F. – Psychology in the Schools, 1992
Several controversies surround differentiation between socially maladjusted and seriously emotionally disturbed. Central to controversy is interpretation of social maladjustment as restricted to include socialized aggressive and adjudicated delinquents or broadened to include Conduct Disorders, Oppositional Defiant Disorder, and antisocial…
Descriptors: Adolescents, Antisocial Behavior, Children, Delinquency
Direct linkLindstrom, William A., Jr.; Lease, A. Michele; Kamphaus, Randy W. – Psychology in the Schools, 2007
External correlates of a teacher-rated typology of child adjustment developed using the Behavior Assessment System for Children were examined. Participants included 377 elementary school children recruited from 26 classrooms in the southeastern United States. Multivariate analyses of variance and planned comparisons were used to determine whether…
Descriptors: Emotional Adjustment, Elementary School Students, Social Control, Social Status
Theodore, Lea A.; Akin-Little, Angeleque; Little, Steven G. – Psychology in the Schools, 2004
The vague and incomplete federal definition of emotional disturbance has caused a great deal of controversy and debate since the inception of Public Law 94-142. The lack of resolution among professionals attempting to elucidate the distinction between emotional disturbance and social maladjustment has resulted in continued conflict. Included in…
Descriptors: Social Adjustment, Emotional Disturbances, Antisocial Behavior, Definitions
Zettergren, Peter – Psychology in the Schools, 2005
This longitudinal study examined the relation between stable sociometric status among same-gender classmates at age 10-11 and peer situation and social adjustment at age 15. Rejected, popular, and average groups of both genders (N = 90) were selected from a representative school sample. Rejected boys and girls preserved their low position among…
Descriptors: Females, Social Adjustment, Sociometric Techniques, Peer Acceptance
Gacono, Carl B.; Hughes, Tammy L. – Psychology in the Schools, 2004
The Individuals with Disabilities Education Act (1997) requires identification of emotional disturbance by special education criteria. It also requires that emotional disturbance be distinguished from social maladjustment. In some cases, a thorough evaluation of the child's character pathology can aid in this determination. While methods such as…
Descriptors: Psychopathology, Personality Traits, Emotional Disturbances, Social Adjustment
Kehle, Thomas J.; Bray, Melissa A.; Theodore, Lea A.; Zhou, Zheng; McCoach, D. Betsy – Psychology in the Schools, 2004
Numerous arguments have addressed the controversies surrounding the category of emotional disturbance (ED) and the exclusion, or proposed inclusion, of students with social maladjustment (SM). In this article we address the consensually agreed upon characteristics of ED that are in common with SM, in addition to examining characteristics that…
Descriptors: Social Adjustment, Antisocial Behavior, Special Needs Students, Psychological Characteristics
Miller, Jeffrey A.; Williams, Shelagh J.; McCoy, Erika L. B. – Psychology in the Schools, 2004
Functional behavioral assessment (FBA) is an assessment procedure used to identify the reasons for children's misbehavior. In this article we provide an overview of one approach to FBA known as "multimodal functional behavioral assessment" (MFBA) that provides a comprehensive examination of the causes of children's disruptive behavior. The…
Descriptors: Adjustment (to Environment), Emotional Disturbances, Functional Behavioral Assessment, Evaluation Methods
Merrell, Kenneth W.; Walker, Hill M. – Psychology in the Schools, 2004
In this article we discuss the definition of emotionally disturbed (ED) from the Individuals with Disabilities Education Act, with a specific focus on the clause contained in this definition, which is designed to exclude from special education services students who are considered to be socially maladjusted (SM). The history of the SM exclusionary…
Descriptors: Emotional Problems, Social Adjustment, Behavior Disorders, Emotional Disturbances
