Citation

Farrell AD, Ampy LA, Meyer AL. J. Clin. Child Psychol. 1998; 27(3): 293-305.

Affiliation

Department of Psychology, Virginia Commonwealth University, Richmond 23284-2018, USA. afarrell@vcu.edu

Copyright

(Copyright © 1998, Informa - Taylor and Francis Group)

DOI

10.1207/s15374424jccp2703_6

PMID

9789189

Abstract

Identified and developed a scale to assess problematic interpersonal situations among urban adolescents. In Study 1, problematic situations were identified by focus groups of 6th graders (N = 43). Their relevance was verified in Study 2 by assessing their reported frequency and difficulty in a sample of 6th graders (N = 457) that included mostly African American youth from low-income families. Scales representing 3 dimensions, peer provocation, perceived injustice, and environmental stressors were verified by confirmatory factor analyses. In Study 3, the internal consistency and structure of these scales were cross-validated in a sample of 7th graders (N = 459). All 3 scales were correlated with self-reported violent behavior, drug use, and anxiety and uniquely accounted for 11% to 19% of the variance. These findings have implications for identifying youth at risk for emotional and behavioral problems and for designing more relevant interventions.

Language: en