Preschool screening for behavior problems
PRESCHOOL SCREENING FOR BEHAVIOR PROBLEMS’
DENNIS C. HARPER AND LYNN C. RICHMAN
Univiversily of Iowa
The urpose of the study was to establish developmental norms for maternal-
ratef problem behaviors within a disadvantaged group of preschool children.
The sample included 406 children between two and five years of age from
lower socioeconomic families. Mothers completed the Behavior Problem
Checklist (BPC) reporting the frequency of conduct (a
