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Behavior Therapy

Volume 31, Issue 4, Autumn 2000, Pages 695-712
Behavior Therapy

Original Research
Psychometric properties and reference point data for the revised edition of the school observation coding system*

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The psychometric properties of a new observation coding system for children's disruptive classroom behavior were evaluated. The Revised Edition of the School Observation Coding System (REDSOCS) was used to observe 51 young children clinic-referred for conduct-disordered behavior and 182 nonreferred children from the classrooms of the referred children. Reference point data for the REDSOCS categories with preschoolers were obtained from the sample of nonreferred children. Interobserver reliability and concurrent validity of the three REDSOCS categories with teacher rating scales of oppositional behavior and hyperactivity were demonstrated. Initial evidence of convergent and discriminant validity was established through correlations of the REDSOCS categories with the subscales of the Revised Conners Teacher Rating Scale. Differences in REDSOCS scores between the nonreferred children and children referred for school behavior problems provided

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    *

    This work was supported by USPHS Grant MH-46726 from the National Institute of Mental Health.

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    Jenifer Jacobs is now at University of California at San Diego and Children's Hospital of San Diego; Daniel Edwards is now at Multi Systemic Therapy Services, Charleston.

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