TEACHER ASSESSMENTS OF CHILDREN'S BEHAVIORAL DISORDERS Demographic Correlates

• Published in: American journal of orthopsychiatry Vol. 68; no. 1; pp. 117 - 125
• Main Authors: Horwitz, Sarah McCue, Bility, Khalipha M, Plichta, Stacey B, Leaf, Philip J, Haynes, Norris
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: Oxford, UK American Orthopsychiatric Association, Inc 01-01-1998; Blackwell Publishing Ltd; American Orthopsychiatric Association; Educational Publishing Foundation; American Psychological Association
• Subjects: Academic Achievement; African Americans - statistics & numerical data; Assessment; Behavior; Behavior Problems; Behaviour disordered children; Biological and medical sciences; Caregivers - psychology; Chi-Square Distribution; Child; Child Behavior Disorders - epidemiology; Child Behavior Disorders - psychology; Child health; Children; Children & youth; Confidence Intervals; Connecticut; Connecticut - epidemiology; Demographic aspects; Demographic Characteristics; Demographics; Divorce - statistics & numerical data; Elementary school students; Ethnicity; Female; Health Surveys; Human; Humans; Logistic Models; Male; Marital status; Medical sciences; Mental illness; Odds Ratio; Parental Attitudes; Prevalence; Psychology. Psychoanalysis. Psychiatry; Psychometrics. Diagnostic aid systems; Psychopathology. Psychiatry; School discipline; Sex Factors; Social Perception; Sociodemographic Factors; Socioeconomic Factors; Student Behavior; Student Evaluation; Teacher Attitudes; Teachers; Teaching; Techniques and methods; U.S.A; USA; Connecticut; Human; Social environment; Evaluation; Demography; Prevalence; Attitude; Teacher; Epidemiology; Behavioral disorder; School age; Primary school; Expectation; Child; Public health
• ISSN: 0002-9432; 1939-0025
• DOI: 10.1037/h0080276

The relationship of demographic variables to teacher reports of behavior problems in six-to-eight-year-olds was examined. Contrary to previous research findings associating teacher-reported problems with poverty and gender, multivariate analyses found significant associations only for ethnicity and caretakers' marital status. Implications for research on the impact of demographic factors on children's behavior problems and school performance are discussed.