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The Devereux Adolescent Behavior Rating Scale: A tentative model of second‐order factor structure across independent clinical samples
Author(s) -
Macmann Gregg M.,
Wilkins Gregory G.,
O'malley Dawn
Publication year - 1992
Publication title -
journal of clinical psychology
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.124
H-Index - 119
eISSN - 1097-4679
pISSN - 0021-9762
DOI - 10.1002/1097-4679(199203)48:2<182::aid-jclp2270480206>3.0.co;2-q
Subject(s) - psychology , rating scale , scale (ratio) , clinical psychology , developmental psychology , cartography , geography
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 either 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congruence analyses provided tentative support for a three‐factor model: (a) undercontrolled/disruptive behaviors; (b) withdrawn/psychotic behaviors; and (c) needs approval/dependent behaviors.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.