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Adolescents view their mental health

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A new 40-item behavioral checklist, the Adolescent Life Assessment Checklist (ALAC), was devised to be used with patient and nonpatient samples. A comparable form obtains information from a parent or guardian. Responses of 356 adolescents from three sources were analyzed for differences attributable to race, sex, age, sample source, and their interactions. A factor analysis was carried out on the average within-race-sex-source subgroup correlation matrix, resulting in seven meaningful and six usable oblique factors. Subscales were developed and corrections were computed to remove estimated differences due to race, sex, and age. Corrected scales significantly differentiate the three samples.

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  1. Psychology Division, Department of Psychiatry, University of Cincinnati Medical Center, 231 Bethesda Avenue, 45267, Cincinnati, Ohio

    Goldine Gleser Ph.D (Professor of Psychology and Director), Roslyn Seligman (Associate Professor of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry) & Carolyn Winget (Senior Research Associate)

  2. Department of Pediatrics, University of Cincinnati, Cincinnati, USA

    Joseph L. Rauh (Professor of Pediatrics)

  3. Division of Adolescent Medicine, Children's Hospital Medical Center, Cincinnati, USA

    Joseph L. Rauh (Professor of Pediatrics)

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  1. Goldine Gleser Ph.D
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This study was supported in part by MCHS Grant No. MC-R-390201, the Adolescent Clinic Foundation, and USPHSMH Fellowship Grant No. 0597921.

Received her Ph.D. in psychology from Washington University, St. Louis; received a Foundations Fund for Research in Psychiatry interdisciplinary research-teaching grant, 1959–1965. Current research interests include test development, evaluation, and personality research.

Received her M.D. from Medical College of Georgia at Augusta; her medical internship was at Michael Reese Hospital, Chicago, Illinois. Current research interests include stress, coping, and adaptation in children and adolescents.

She is a licensed psychologist with the State of Ohio, with an M.A. from the University of Cincinnati. Current research interests include verbal behavior, psychotherapeutic efficacy, and dream research.

Received his M.D. from College of Medicine, University of Cincinnati; his medical internship was with Boston City Hospital, and he is the founder of the Adolescent Clinic, Cincinnati General Hospital. Current research interests include growth and development and medical/social problems at adolescence.

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Gleser, G., Seligman, R., Winget, C. et al. Adolescents view their mental health. J Youth Adolescence 6, 249–263 (1977). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF02138938

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