TY - JOUR PY - 1976// TI - A behavioral classification of welfare children from survey data JO - American journal of orthopsychiatry A1 - Eisenberg, J. G. A1 - Gersten, J. C. A1 - Langner, T. S. A1 - McCarthy, E. D. A1 - Simcha-Fagan, O. SP - 447 EP - 463 VL - 46 IS - 3 N2 - From survey data on 1000 urban Welfare AFDC children aged six to eighteen, a hierarchical cluster analysis yielded six distinct behavioral types of Welfare children. Characteristics of each type, and its relationship to treatment, ethnicity, and other variables are discussed. Advantages of this system of behavioral classification for research and population assessment are outlined.
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