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Publication Date: 1994
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The Adolescent Behavior Checklist: Normative Data and Sensitivity and Specificity of a Screening Tool for Diagnosable Psychiatric Disorders in Adolescents with Mental Retardation and Other Developmental Disabilities.
Demb, Howard B.; And Others
Research in Developmental Disabilities, v15 n2 p151-65 Mar-Apr 1994
The Adolescent Behavior Checklist is a self-report scale used to assess the likelihood that an adolescent with mild mental retardation or borderline intelligence has a diagnosable mental illness. The scale was found to be more effective in screening in adolescents with psychiatric diagnoses than in screening out adolescents without psychiatric diagnoses. (JDD)
Descriptors: Adolescent Behavior, Adolescents, Behavior Rating Scales, Check Lists, Developmental Disabilities, Diagnostic Tests, Disability Identification, Emotional Disturbances, Mental Disorders, Mild Disabilities, Mild Mental Retardation, Norm Referenced Tests, Screening Tests, Self Evaluation (Individuals)
Publication Type: Journal Articles; Reports - Evaluative
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Language: English
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