title: A preliminary study of the usefulness of the Behavior Assessment Systems for Children in the evaluation of mental health needs in a Head Start population.
abstract: 122 parents and 18 teachers rated Head Start children on the preschool version of the Behavioral Assessment System for Children. Parents tended to rate their children as having greater problem scores than did their teacher, but both ratings, when compared to general norms, were within normal limits. Low to moderate correlations were found for the same scales on Parent and Teacher forms. Teachers rated children in the center program as having fewer problems than their home-based peers, while parents evaluated center children as having better adaptive behavior than children in the home-based program. Boys had more clinical problems than girls, while girls were rated as showing more adaptive behavior than boys. The usefulness and need for further research on this assessment are mentioned.
authors.affiliation: Department of Psychology, Ohio University, Athens 45701-2979.
authors.forename: J R
authors.initials: JR
authors.lastname: McNamara
authors.forename: C
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Hollmann
authors.forename: T
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Riegel
mesh_terms: D001289:Attention Deficit Disorder with Hyperactivity / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000523:psychology / Q000534:rehabilitation; D002653:Child Behavior Disorders / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000523:psychology / Q000534:rehabilitation; D002675:Child, Preschool; D018479:Early Intervention, Educational; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D010552:Personality Assessment / Q000706:statistics & numerical data*; D011594:Psychometrics; D015203:Reproducibility of Results