Differential item performance by gender on the externalizing scales of the behavior assessment system for children /
The Behavior Assessment System for Children (BASC) was designed by Reynolds and Kamphaus (1992) to provide a comprehensive picture of the personality and behavior of children and adolescents ages 4 years through 18 years. The Parent Rating Scale (PRS) and Teacher Rating Scale (TRS) are a part of the...
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| Format: | Thesis Book |
| Language: | English |
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| Summary: | The Behavior Assessment System for Children (BASC) was designed by Reynolds and Kamphaus (1992) to provide a comprehensive picture of the personality and behavior of children and adolescents ages 4 years through 18 years. The Parent Rating Scale (PRS) and Teacher Rating Scale (TRS) are a part of the BASC. There are three externalizing scales on the PRS and TRS: aggression, conduct problems, and hyperactivity. This study examines whether there is differential item performance by gender for the externalizing scales on the PRS and TRS children's version (ages 6-1 1). In the standardization sample, boys scored one-third to one-half a standard deviation higher than girls on all three scales when compared to agemates (Reynolds & Kamphaus, 1992). Differential item performance is suspected since boys and girls demonstrate aggression, conduct problems, and hyperactivity in different ways. Boys tend to display more overt, physical behaviors while girls tend to display indirect, passive, nonviolent behaviors. Differential item performance is a statistical measure indicating a difference in item scores between groups when overall behavior level is equal. Two methods of calculating differential item performance were used. A partial correlation technique derived independently by Stacker (1982) and Reynolds, Willow and Chatman (1984) and the Johnson-Neyman procedure (Majumdar, 1991) detected items that demonstrated differential item performance on all three externalizing scales. The partial correlation procedure identified twice as many items as did the Johnson-Neyman procedure with some item overlap. Follow up analyses were conducted to consider the possibility of item bias by gender. |
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| Item Description: | Vita. "Major Subject: School Psychology". |
| Physical Description: | xi, 76 leaves : illustrations ; 28 cm. Issued also on microfiche from University Microfilm Inc. |
| Bibliography: | Includes bibliographical references (leaves 62-73). |