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The Behavior Problem Checklist was completed by teachers of 104 students in a residential school for the visually impaired. Four separate factor analyses were performed. Additional analyses were conducted to determine the effect on the factor structure of sex, race, and age. Three factors that correspond to dimensions found in earlier research and previously labeled conduct disorder, personality problem, and inadequacy-immaturity were found. Overall, the visually impaired children tended to have problem behavior patterns similar to other populations, and these patterns were largely independent of the visual handicap.
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Schnittjer, C.J., Hirshoren, A. Factors of Problem Behavior in visually impaired children. J Abnorm Child Psychol 9, 517–522 (1981). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF00917800
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