TY - JOUR
T1 - A Comparison Between SRSS-IE and BASC-2 BESS Scores at the Middle School Level
AU - Lane, Kathleen Lynne
AU - Oakes, Wendy
AU - Common, Eric Alan
AU - Brunsting, Nelson
AU - Zorigian, Kris
AU - Hicks, Tyler
AU - Lane, Nathan A.
N1 - Funding Information:
The author(s) disclosed receipt of the following financial support for the research, authorship, and/or publication of this article: This study was funded in part by an internal grant from the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill: Identifying and Supporting K-12 Students within the Context of Three-Tiered Models of Prevention to Meet Students Multiple Needs: A Collaborative Effort. Research Triangle Schools Partnership Community/Schools Partnership Grant.
Publisher Copyright:
© Hammill Institute on Disabilities 2018.
PY - 2019/5/1
Y1 - 2019/5/1
N2 - We report findings of a psychometric study comparing scores from two screening tools: Student Risk Screening Scale–Internalizing and Externalizing (SRSS-IE, an adapted version of the Student Risk Screening Scale) and Behavior Assessment System for Children–Second Edition, Behavioral and Emotional Screening System (BASC-2 BESS). Participants were 624 sixth-, seventh-, and eighth-grade students attending a rural middle school in a southeastern state. Pearson correlation coefficients indicated statistically significant, positive relations between SRSS-IE and BASC-2 BESS scores, with very strong relations on externalizing and comorbid (internalizing and externalizing) scales. Results of concurrent classification accuracy analyses, kappa, and receiver operating curve analyses suggest the seven externalizing items on the SRSS (SRSS-E7) and BASC-2 BESS scores function in a similar manner with respect to detecting students with externalizing behaviors, but less so in detecting students with internalizing behaviors. Limitations and future direction are discussed.
AB - We report findings of a psychometric study comparing scores from two screening tools: Student Risk Screening Scale–Internalizing and Externalizing (SRSS-IE, an adapted version of the Student Risk Screening Scale) and Behavior Assessment System for Children–Second Edition, Behavioral and Emotional Screening System (BASC-2 BESS). Participants were 624 sixth-, seventh-, and eighth-grade students attending a rural middle school in a southeastern state. Pearson correlation coefficients indicated statistically significant, positive relations between SRSS-IE and BASC-2 BESS scores, with very strong relations on externalizing and comorbid (internalizing and externalizing) scales. Results of concurrent classification accuracy analyses, kappa, and receiver operating curve analyses suggest the seven externalizing items on the SRSS (SRSS-E7) and BASC-2 BESS scores function in a similar manner with respect to detecting students with externalizing behaviors, but less so in detecting students with internalizing behaviors. Limitations and future direction are discussed.
KW - emotional and behavioral disorders
KW - internalizing and externalizing behavior
KW - middle schools
KW - systematic screening
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U2 - 10.1177/0198742918794843
DO - 10.1177/0198742918794843
M3 - Article
AN - SCOPUS:85058469542
SN - 0198-7429
VL - 44
SP - 162
EP - 174
JO - Behavioral Disorders
JF - Behavioral Disorders
IS - 3
ER -