PSY 230 Lecture Notes - Lecture 19: National Order Of Quebec, Externalizing Disorders, Child Behavior Checklist
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Co-occurrence of aggressive and rule-breaking behavior: bartels et al. (2003). Behavior genetics, 33, 607-620: this study investigated the genetic contribution to the co- occurrence of these clinical problem behavior scales on the. Child behavior checklist revised (2001) using a large sample of twins: the authors report the usually reported correlations are from . 48 to . 76: in their study, they report . 53 to . 76 in interparental correlations and that 79% to 69% are due to genetics. Correlation of aggressive and rule-breaking behavior from teachers" rating: tom has the teachers rate the 279 elementary school students who have been screened into a larger project due to their maladaptive behavior. The teachers complete the teacher report form (2001) which is the teacher version of the child behavior checklist for each student. Pearson correlation coefficent: r = (x- mx)(y- my ) Pearson"s r is calculated by taking the sum of the cross product deviation scores from each variable measured (i. e. , x and y)
