Journal of the American Academy of Child & Adolescent Psychiatry
RESEARCH UPDATE REVIEWTen-Year Review of Rating Scales. VI: Scales Assessing Externalizing Behaviors
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SCALES MEASURING DISRUPTIVE BEHAVIOR DISORDERS AND OTHER EXTERNALIZING BEHAVIORS
As noted in the previous article (Collett et al., 2003), several ADHD scales also assess DSM-IV-defined ODD and CD behaviors, for example the Conners Rating Scales-Revised (Conners, 1997), the SNAP-IV (Swanson, 1992), and the Vanderbilt AD/HD Diagnostic Parent and Teacher Rating Scales (Wolraich et al., 1998, in press). There has been much less emphasis on DSM-based scales that assess ODD and CD apart from ADHD. However, there are several scales not based on DSM nomenclature that assess general
SCALES MEASURING AGGRESSION
A generally accepted definition of aggression is an action that is intended to harm or hurt another living being (Crick and Grotpeter, 1995). Although it is often assumed that aggression is akin to physical violence, this definition implies that aggression can cause harm in a variety of ways. Aggression theorists and researchers have increasingly recognized that aggressive behavior is not a unitary concept, and focus has expanded to include the diverse behaviors intended to inflict harm. There
DISCUSSION
The scales reviewed in this article differ from those in the previous article regarding ADHD scales (Collett et al., 2003) in that they do not focus on a specific diagnosis or DSM-IV construct. Instead, these scales emphasize important theoretical constructs and behaviors that are often targets for intervention in work with youths with a variety of diagnoses. There are benefits to using DSM-IV-derived scales, as they are compatible with an established nosology, lending support to their
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