Development of the Biases toward Children with Psychological and Behavioral Disorders Scale
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 13674500 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Joseph A Hirsch (0000-0003-3355-5558, Weill Medical College of Cornell University at the Burke Rehabilitation Center, corresponding author) |
| Year | 2013 |
| Volume | 113 |
| Issue | 3 |
| Pages | 855-873 |
| Publication date | 2013-12-01 |
| Open Access | Yes |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Psychological Reports (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 0033-2941 • E-ISSN: 1558-691X |
| Publisher | SAGE Publishing (PUBLISHER • US) |
| DOI | 10.2466/08.07.pr0.113x26z0 |
| PMID | 24693815 |
| OpenAlex | W2026937688 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 1 |
| References cited | 43 |
Although there have been studies of individual professional disciplines and their attitudes toward children with emotional, behavioral, or educational problems, there has been no systematic determination using a single, psychometrically sound measure that compared different professional groups. The goal was to assess the biases toward children with emotional and behavioral difficulties in samples of professionals who are most likely to have contact with them (86 teachers, 83 psychologists, 47 social workers), as well as other adults (75 undergraduate students). After development from an item pool, the provisional Biases toward Children with Psychological and Behavioral Disorders scale consisted of 21 items in one factor which experts also had assigned to a Biases category. The scale had good internal consistency reliability (alpha = .84). Validity was supported by a team of experts, factor structure, and known-groups comparisons. Psychologists and social workers scored lower than did teachers and students
Consistency (knowledge bases · Developmental psychology · Emotional and behavioral disorders · Internal consistency · Psychometrics · Reliability (semiconductor · Scale (ratio · Applied Psychology · Child and Adolescent Psychosocial and Emotional Development · Clinical Psychology · Communication in Education and Healthcare · Early Childhood Education and Development · Psychology · Social Psychology
Summated Rating Scale Construction
The stigmatization of mental illness in children and parents
Mental health stigma as social attribution
Exploratory Factor Analysis
Factor Analytic Evidence for the Construct Validity of Scores
New Standards For Test Evaluation
Attitude–Behavior Relations
Attitudes of mental health professionals about mental illness
Opinions about mental illness
Comparison of Attitudes of Teachers of Physical and Musical Education toward Inclusion of Children with Disabilities
Opinions about Mental Illness
Psychologists’ Attitudes toward Children Having Various Disabilities
Intercorrelations of Factor Scores from the Opinions about Mental Illness Scale
Opinions about mental illness held by personnel of a state psychiatric hospital and community mental health centers
Children's emotional and behavioral disorders
Teachers' Views of Mental Illness
Opinions about mental illness in the personnel of two large mental hospitals
| Citations per year | 0.11 |
|---|---|
| Citation span | 2017 - 2017 (1) |
| Highly cited | No |