title: Construct validation of children's behavior problem dimensions: relationship to activity level, impulsivity, and soft neurological signs.
abstract: A construct validation study of dimensions of children's behavior problems was carried out with use of multiple linear regression. The Ss were 76 latency-aged boys in residential treatment. The dimensions involved were Conduct Disorder and Inadequacy-Immaturity. The predictor variables were activity level, impulsivity, and soft signs of neurological damage. Results indicated that Conduct Disorder was significantly predicted by activity level, in combination with impulsivity. Inadequacy-Immaturity was significantly predicted by activity level and soft signs. A third dimension, Personality Disorder, was found to be uncorrelated with the three predictor variables.
mesh_terms: D002648:Child; D002653:Child Behavior Disorders / Q000145:classification*; D006801:Humans; D006948:Hyperkinesis; D007175:Impulsive Behavior; D008297:Male; D010554:Personality Disorders