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The prevalence of behavior problems in deaf children
Author(s) -
Schnittjer Carl J.,
Hirshoren Alfred
Publication year - 1981
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(198101)18:1<67::aid-pits2310180114>3.0.co;2-k
Subject(s) - behavior problem , checklist , psychology , child behavior checklist , developmental psychology , hearing impaired , clinical psychology , audiology , medicine , cognitive psychology
The appropriateness of the Behavior Problem Checklist for deaf children has been established in various studies. The objective of this study was to use the Behavior Problem Checklist to assess the prevalence of behavior problems in deaf children and to compare these results to earlier studies of behavior problems of hearing and hearing‐impaired children. A lesser prevalence of behavior problems was found than in some earlier studies of deaf children. Results were somewhat more consistent with past findings regarding children with no hearing problems. Comparisons by sex found, as in earlier studies, that boys tended to evidence more behavior problems than girls.