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Behavioral validity of a brief teacher rating scale (the AML) in identifying high-risk acting-out schoolchildren

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  1. Department of Psychology, Southern Illinois University at Carbondale, 62901, Carbondale, Illinois

    Joseph A. Durlak & Mark A. Stein

  2. Pittsburgh Child Guidance Center, Pittsburgh, USA

    Anthony P. Mannarino

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This article is based on a master's thesis completed by the second author under, the direction of the first author and was supported in part by grant 2-10495 administered to the first author by Research Development and Administration, Southern Illinois University at Carbondale. The authors wish to thank Janet Gillespie and Wade Horn for their assistance in observer training.

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Durlak, J.A., Stein, M.A. & Mannarino, A.P. Behavioral validity of a brief teacher rating scale (the AML) in identifying high-risk acting-out schoolchildren. Am J Commun Psychol 8, 101–115 (1980). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF00892285

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