A time-referenced Q-sort technique for evaluating behavioral change.
The behavior of children in residential and day treatment centers alters over time in ways that can be documented objectively. This paper describes a method, field tested with 50 subjects in five agencies, in which observations of behavior are converted into quantitative indices of adjustment to yield a profile of change for each subject.
D000293:Adolescent; D000342:Affective Symptoms / Q000628:therapy; D001521:Behavior Therapy; D002648:Child; D002653:Child Behavior Disorders / Q000523:psychology* / Q000628:therapy; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D010552:Personality Assessment; D011779:Q-Sort; D012917:Social Adjustment