Systematic Screening at the Middle School Level: Score Reliability and Validity of the Student Risk Screening Scale  

Oleh:

Lane, Kathleen Lynne ; Parks, Robin J. ; Kalberg, Jemma Robertson ; Carter, Erick W.

Jenis: Article from Journal - ilmiah internasional
Dalam koleksi: Journal of Emotional and Behavioral Disorders vol. 15 no. 4 (2007), page 209-222.
Topik: Rural setting; urban setting
Fulltext: 209.pdf (160.86KB)

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This article presents findings of two studies, one conducted with middle school students (n = 500) in a rural setting and a second conducted with middle school students (n = 528) in an urban setting, of the reliability and validity of the Student Risk Screening Scale (SRSS;Drummond, 1994). Results revealed high internal consistency, test–retest stability, and convergent validity with the Strengths and Difficulties Questionnaire (Goodman, 1997). In addition, short-term predictive validity was established; namely, students with risk statuses of low (n = 422), moderate (n = 51), and high (n = 12) according to the SRSS could best be differentiated by behavioral variables (e.g., ODR, in-school suspensions). Although academic variables could differentiate between students with moderate or high risks and students without (low) risk, these variables did not differentiate between students in the moderaterisk group and students in the high-risk group as did the behavioral variables. Limitations and future research directions are discussed.

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