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FACTOR STRUCTURE OF THE RUTTER ‘CHILDREN'S BEHAVIOUR QUESTIONNAIRE’ IN A PRIMARY SCHOOL POPULATION IN A DEVELOPING COUNTRY
Author(s) -
Venables P. H.,
Fletcher R. P.,
Dalais J. C.,
Mitchell D. A.,
Schulsinger F.,
Mednick S. A.
Publication year - 1983
Publication title -
journal of child psychology and psychiatry
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 3.652
H-Index - 211
eISSN - 1469-7610
pISSN - 0021-9630
DOI - 10.1111/j.1469-7610.1983.tb00570.x
Subject(s) - rutter , psychology , developmental psychology , population , clinical psychology , demography , sociology
Summary Data from Rutter's ‘Children's Behaviour’ questionnaire derived from the use of the scale in a developing country suggest that its factor structure is stable over sex and over racial groups. However, when analysis is undertaken on potentially pathological groups, then a more differentiated factor structure is apparent.