NEW ZEALAND VALIDITY DATA FOR THE BRISTOL SOCIAL ADJUSTMENT GUIDE

• NCJ Number: 37462
• Author(s): D M FERGUSON; J K FIFIELD; S W SLATER; A A DONNELL
• Date Published: 1976
• Length: 26 pages
• Corporate Author: New Zealand Dept of Social Welfare
• Sale Source: National Institute of Justice/
• Language: English
• Country: New Zealand

Annotation

THIS PAPER EXAMINES THE EXTENT TO WHICH TWO METHODS OF SCALING THE BRISTOL SOCIAL ADJUSTMENT GUIDE RELATE TO EXTERNAL VARIABLES EXPECTED TO BE ASSOCIATED WITH JUVENILE MALADJUSTMENT ON A PRIORI GROUNDS.

Abstract

THE BRISTOL SOCIAL ADJUSTMENT GUIDE (BSAG) IS A PREDICTIVE INSTRUMENT THAT MEASURES SOCIAL ADJUSTMENT IN TEN-YEAR OLD BOYS AND PREDICTS FUTURE DELINQUENT BEHAVIOR ON THE BASIS OF THE RESULTS. DATA AND VALIDATIONS PRESENTED HERE APPLY TO THE 1963 VERSION OF THE TEST.