Behavioral classification project

To establish an adequate nosology for children's emotional disorders a multidisciplinary team devised strictly behavioral items and administered these and demographic items to 37 clinical and 90 control Ss, 6 through 13 CA, with parent or parent surrogate as respondent. Clinical Ss yielded a larger number of responses to the BCP items. A factor analysis of 142 variables resulted in 10 factors. Comparison of 32 Ss apiece from clinical and control groups, drawn on a stratified random basis, showed more "positive" behaviors in controls and more relative concern over sadistic aggressiveness and social immaturity among control parents. Cluster analysis of standard score profiles of the clinical subsample produced 5 clusters or "types" of children. (38 ref.)