Evaluation of the Problem Behavior Frequency Scale-Teacher Report Form for assessing behavior in a sample of urban adolescents.

ABSTRACT: This study evaluated the structure and validity of the Problem Behavior Frequency Scale-Teacher Report Form (PBFS-TR) for assessing students' frequency of specific forms of aggression and victimization, and positive behavior. Analyses were conducted on two waves of data from 727 students from two urban middle schools (Sample 1) who were rated by their teachers on the PBFS-TR and the Social Skills Improvement System (SSIS), and on data collected from 1,740 students from three urban middle schools (Sample 2) for whom data on both the teacher and student report version of the PBFS were obtained. Confirmatory factor analyses supported first-order factors representing 3 forms of aggression (physical, verbal, and relational), 3 forms of victimization (physical, verbal and relational), and 2 form

SUBMITTER: Farrell AD 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC6714551 | biostudies-literature | 2018 Oct

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature