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A classroom rating scale for use with mentally handicapped children: A replication of the ADIECAS
Author(s) -
Strand S.,
Sturmey P.,
Newton J. T.
Publication year - 1990
Publication title -
british journal of clinical psychology
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.479
H-Index - 92
eISSN - 2044-8260
pISSN - 0144-6657
DOI - 10.1111/j.2044-8260.1990.tb00860.x
Subject(s) - distraction , psychology , peabody picture vocabulary test , rating scale , developmental psychology , scale (ratio) , test validity , psychometrics , mentally retarded , clinical psychology , cognitive psychology , psychiatry , cognition , physics , quantum mechanics
The Attention/Distraction: Inhibition/Excitation Classroom Assessment Scale (Evans, 1975; Evans & Hogg, 1984) was administered to 80 children with severe learning difficulties with the Peabody Picture Vocabulary Test (PPVT) and subscales of the British Ability Scales (BAS). Factor analysis replicated the Attention/Distraction scale but the Inhibition/Excitation scale split into a verbal component and the remaining items. A new factor named responsivity to consequences was identified. Attention/Distraction showed good concurrent validity with the BAS and PPVT. This study shows the robustness of the Attention/Distraction: Inhibition/Excitation Classroom Assessment Scale as a measure of individual differences in children with severe learning difficulties.