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Rohr, Michael E. – 1988
An overview of the history of adolescent runaway behavior indicates that it has become a social and psychological problem of significant proportions. This study investigated the use of a personality measure that was hypothesized to be representative of a cluster of behaviors associated with running away. The study also sought to determine a…
Descriptors: Adolescents, Counseling Services, Personality Problems, Predictor Variables
Peer reviewedBeck, Brett L.; Spruill, Jean – Journal of Consulting and Clinical Psychology, 1987
Assessed validity of the Personality Inventory for Children (PIC) using the Wechsler Intelligence Scale for Children-Revised (WISC-R) and the Wide Range Achievement Test (WRAT) as criterion instruments. The cognitive triad of the PIC was minimally correlated with all intelligence quotient measures and significantly correlated only for reading and…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Children, Concurrent Validity, Intelligence Quotient
Peer reviewedKline, Rex B.; Lachar, David – Psychological Assessment, 1992
Whether the external validity of the Personality Inventory for Children (PIC) was moderated by age, sex, or race was studied using 1,333 children and adolescents referred for mental health services. Race and sex generally did not moderate the relation of PIC scales to symptom checklists. Some relationships were age modified. (SLD)
Descriptors: Ability, Adolescents, Age Differences, Check Lists
