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Ethnic group, hyperkinesis, and modes of behavior
Author(s) -
Waechter Donna,
Anderson Robert P.,
Juarez Leo J.,
Langsdorf Richard,
Madrigal Julio F.
Publication year - 1979
Publication title -
psychology in the schools
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.738
H-Index - 75
eISSN - 1520-6807
pISSN - 0033-3085
DOI - 10.1002/1520-6807(197907)16:3<435::aid-pits2310160323>3.0.co;2-h
Subject(s) - ethnic group , psychology , hyperkinesis , rating scale , similarity (geometry) , developmental psychology , scale (ratio) , mexican americans , perspective (graphical) , white (mutation) , clinical psychology , medicine , biochemistry , chemistry , physics , quantum mechanics , artificial intelligence , sociology , anthropology , computer science , image (mathematics) , gene
This paper examines modes of behavior across different ethnic groups of children rated as hyperactive on a behavior rating scale. The experimenters questioned the similarity in behavior patterns or modes displayed by 132 black, white, and Mexican‐American children who had been rated as hyperactive. Using the Abbreviated Conners Teacher Rating Scale, score patterns of these children were examined through analysis of variance. The results revealed differences across ethnic groups: black children scored significantly higher than the white and Mexican‐American children on three scale items and also scored significantly higher than the other two groups in terms of mean total scale score. These findings are interpreted from a sociological perspective.