ERIC Number: EJ1197427
Record Type: Journal
Publication Date: 2018
Pages: 11
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ISSN: ISSN-1363-2752
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The Reliability and Validity of the Pupil Behaviour Questionnaire: A Child Classroom Behaviour Assessment Tool
Allwood, Matt; Allen, Kate; Price, Anna; Hayes, Rachel; Edwards, Vanessa; Ball, Susan; Ukoumunne, Obioha C; Ford, Tamsin
Emotional & Behavioural Difficulties, v23 n4 p361-371 2018
This paper assesses the reliability and validity of the teacher-completed Pupil Behaviour Questionnaire (PBQ), by comparing it to the already extensively validated teacher-completed Strengths and Difficulties Questionnaire (SDQ). Participants included 2074 primary school children participating in a universal school-based trial and 41 vulnerable children who were taking part in a study exploring the impact of exclusion from school. Exploratory factor analysis results (first factor accounts for 80.8% of the variation in the items) and the high Cronbach's alpha value of 0.85 indicate that the PBQ consists of one substantive factor/dimension. Strong correlations between the total PBQ score and the conduct sub-scale (Spearman's correlation coefficient (r[subscript s]) = 0.67) and total difficulties score (r[subscript s] = 0.59) of the SDQ indicate convergent validity. This study suggests that the PBQ is a reliable measure, and provides some evidence of validity. Further work is needed to test the PBQ in an older, more diverse populations and to measure sensitivity to change.
Descriptors: Behavior Problems, Child Behavior, Screening Tests, Questionnaires, Test Validity, Test Reliability, Elementary School Students, Correlation, Scores, Student Behavior, Gender Differences, Age Differences, Academic Achievement, Foreign Countries
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Publication Type: Journal Articles; Reports - Research
Education Level: Elementary Education
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Language: English
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Identifiers - Location: United Kingdom (England)
Identifiers - Assessments and Surveys: Strengths and Difficulties Questionnaire
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