Dimensions of problem behavior in deaf children

Abstract

The Behavior Problem Checklist was completed by the teachers of 192 deaf students who attended a special day school for the deaf. Three separate factor analyses were performed. Four factors that correspond to the dimensions found in earlier research and previously labeled conduct disorder, personality problems, immaturity-inadequacy, and socialized delinquency were found. An additional factor labeled passive inferiority was also extracted.

The prevalence of behavior problems in deaf children

“…This scoring procedure was established by Quay and Peterson (1975) to generate comparative data from studies of various types of children. Consequently, using this procedure allows for a direct comparison of the prevalence of behavior problems in deaf children from the Hirshoren and Schnittjer (1979) study to that of other groups of children from prior studies.…”

“…There currently exists a significant body of research that attests to the reliability, validity, and usefulness of the Behavior Problem Checklist (BPC) (Quay & Peterson, 1975), a 55-item factorially-derived rating scale, in a wide variety of settings with various types of raters for different groups of handicapped and delinquent children (Quay & Peterson, 1975). The appropriateness of the BPC for use with deaf children has been investigated by Reivich and Rothrock (1972) and by Hirshoren and Schnittjer (1979). Both studies found that, with minor variations, the factorial structure of the BPC found by Quay and Peterson (1975) in juveniles with intact hearing appears to hold with hearing-impaired children.…”

“…Reivich and Rothrock (1972), in their study of 327 students in a state residential school for the deaf, found two additional factors thought to be specific to deaf children which they labeled isolation and communication problem. However, Hirshoren and Schnittjer (1979), in analyzing data from 192 children who attended a state day school for the deaf and lived at home, did not find support for these two factors.…”

“…The present study was designed to determine the prevalence of behavior problems as measured by the BPC in the sample of deaf children used in the Hirshoren and Schnittjer (1979) study. These data are also compared to the results of earlier studies of hearing and hearing impaired children, with further analysis by sex of the subject.…”

A Study of Emotional Problems Among The Hearing Impaired in Public Schools

“…The findings of these studies suggest that while the hearing impaired share the emotional/behavioral problems evident in other populations, such as difficulties in psychological adjustment (Brunschwig, 1972;Myklebust, 1960;Naiman, 1965;Schlesinger, 1978;Vernon, 1969) or poorly developed self-concepts (Best, 1973;Mehan, 1978;Schlesinger, 1978), they may also exhibit emotional problems which are specific to the hearing impaired population (Best, 1973;Hirshoren & Schnittjer, 1979;Reivich & Rothrock, 1972).…”