A Behavior Rating Scale for Assessing Improvement in Behaviorally Deviant Children: A Preliminary Investigation
SAMUEL KUPIETZ PH.D.1,
IRV BIALER PH.D.2, , and
BERTRAND G. WINSBERG M.D.3
1 Senior Research Scientist, Child Psychiatric Evaluation Research Unit, New York State Department of Mental Hygiene, 524 Clarkson Ave., Brooklyn, N.Y. 11203
2 Principal Research Scientist, Child Psychiatric Evaluation Research Unit, New York State Department of Mental Hygiene, 524 Clarkson Ave., Brooklyn, N.Y. 11203 and faculty of the Division of Child Pyschiatry, Downstate Medical Center, Brooklyn, N.Y.
3 Research Medical Director, Child Psychiatric Evaluation Research Unit, New York State Department of Mental Hygiene, 524 Clarkson Ave., Brooklyn, N.Y. 11203 and faculty of the Division of Child Pyschiatry, Downstate Medical Center, Brooklyn, N.Y.
Employing a recently developed behavior rating scale (BRS), it was found that the factors for aggressivity and for hyperactivity clearly differentiated among children in an outpatient psychiatric clinic, in a special school, and in public schools. In addition, significant improvement was shown on both factors after drug treatment of the psychiatric group. The authors concluded that the BRS is useful as a measure of deviant behavior as well as for assessing improvement following drug therapy.
