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Francis, Sarah E.; Ebesutani, Chad; Chorpita, Bruce F. – Journal of Emotional and Behavioral Disorders, 2012
This investigation examined how two commonly employed measures of functional impairment (the "Child and Adolescent Functional Assessment Scale" [CAFAS] and the "Global Assessment of Functioning" [GAF] scale) perform with respect to assessing levels of functional impairment and, hence, identifying rates of serious emotional…
Descriptors: Mental Health, Measures (Individuals), Emotional Disturbances, Functional Behavioral Assessment
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Hodges, K.; Xue, Y.; Wotring, J. – Journal of Emotional and Behavioral Disorders, 2004
The authors report outcomes for 4,777 youth served by the public mental health system in Michigan who had problems in school, at home, in interpersonal relationships, or in modulating their mood. Cluster analysis identified five subgroups: Pervasive Problems with Mood Disturbance (i.e., severe or moderate impairment in school, at home, in behavior…
Descriptors: Psychological Patterns, Multivariate Analysis, Mental Health, Functional Behavioral Assessment
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Barksdale, Crystal L.; Azur, Melissa; Daniels, Amy M. – Journal of Emotional and Behavioral Disorders, 2010
Behavioral and emotional strengths are important to consider when understanding youth mental health and treatment. This study examined the association between youth strengths and functional impairment and whether this association is modified by race/ethnicity. Multinomial logistic regression models were used to estimate the effects of strengths on…
Descriptors: Ethnicity, Race, American Indians, Mental Health