title: The Devereux Adolescent Behavior Rating Scale: a tentative model of second-order factor structure across independent clinical samples.
abstract: The second-order factor structure of the Devereux Adolescent Behavior Rating Scale was examined in (a) a sample of 254 adolescents who were receiving residential treatment for severe emotional/behavior disorders and (b) an independent sample of 404 adolescents hospitalized for substance abuse. A plausible range of factors was estimated for each group through parallel and average partial analyses and suggested wither a two- or three-factor solution. Subsequent congruence analyses provided tentative support for a three-factor model: (a) undercontrolled/disruptive behaviors; (b) withdrawn/psychotic behaviors; and (c) needs approval/dependent behaviors. The third factor was poorly defined in the residential treatment sample, but extraction of the third factor increased the across-group replicability of the first two factors.
authors.affiliation: Devereux Foundation.
authors.forename: G M
authors.initials: GM
authors.lastname: Macmann
authors.forename: G G
authors.initials: GG
authors.lastname: Wilkins
authors.forename: D
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: O'Malley
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D000342:Affective Symptoms / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000523:psychology / Q000628:therapy; D001008:Anxiety Disorders / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000523:psychology / Q000628:therapy; D001883:Borderline Personality Disorder / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000523:psychology / Q000628:therapy; D002648:Child; D002653:Child Behavior Disorders / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000523:psychology / Q000628:therapy; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D010552:Personality Assessment / Q000706:statistics & numerical data*; D011594:Psychometrics; D012114:Residential Treatment; D012559:Schizophrenia / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000628:therapy; D012565:Schizophrenic Psychology; D019966:Substance-Related Disorders / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000523:psychology / Q000534:rehabilitation