title: Adolescent sex offenders' mean profile on the BASC Self-report of Personality.
abstract: Batteries of psychological tests had been administered to male adolescents being evaluated for appropriateness of assignment to sexual offender treatment at private clinics. The test scores had been evaluated via blind test interpretation, as one component of a broader sexual offender assessment. Archival data were obtained from 106 patients who had been given the Behavior Assessment System for Children Self-report of Personality as part of a test battery. These adolescents, particularly the younger ones, responded defensively to this self-report. Otherwise, their mean scores were very close to those described in the manual for normal (nonclinical) adolescent males. Implications for test interpretation are discussed.
authors.forename: John E
authors.initials: JE
authors.lastname: Dalton
authors.forename: Julie L
authors.initials: JL
authors.lastname: Ruddy
authors.forename: Liza
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Simon-Roper
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D000367:Age Factors; D002648:Child; D003674:Defense Mechanisms; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D010555:Personality Inventory / Q000706:statistics & numerical data*; D011594:Psychometrics / Q000706:statistics & numerical data; D012016:Reference Values; D012017:Referral and Consultation; D015203:Reproducibility of Results; D012742:Sex Offenses / Q000523:psychology*