The Disruptive Behavior Scale: An Objective Assessment of Unmanageable Social Behavior in Adolescents.

Mendelsohn, Mark; Erdwins, Carol

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The Disruptive Behavior Scale: An Objective Assessment of Unmanageable Social Behavior in Adolescents

Mendelsohn, Mark; Erdwins, Carol

Journal of Clinical Psychology, 34, 2, 426-8, Apr 78

The Disruptive Behavior Scale, a 26-item behavioral checklist, provides an objective measure of socially unacceptable public secondary school behavior and may prove to be of value in determining public school exit and reentry plans for disruptive adolescents. This study developed the DBS from the Adaptive Behavior Scale--Part 11 (ABS-11). (Editor/RK)

Descriptors: Adolescents, Behavior Rating Scales, Check Lists, Clinical Psychology, Psychological Studies, Research Methodology, Secondary School Students, Social Adjustment, Tables (Data)

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