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Dimensions of Behaviour in Infant School Children

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  29 January 2018

I. Kolvin ,
S. Wolff ,
L. M. Barber ,
E. G. Tweddle ,
R. F. Garside ,
D. McI. Scott  and
S. Chambers
I. Kolvin
Affiliation:
Currently and previously staff of Nuffield Psychiatric Unit and Department of Psychological Medicine, Queen Victoria Infirmary, University of Newcastle upon Tyne, NE1 4LP
S. Wolff
Affiliation:
Royal Hospital for Sick Children, Edinburgh, EH9 1LF
L. M. Barber
Affiliation:
Currently and previously staff of Nuffield Psychiatric Unit and Department of Psychological Medicine, Queen Victoria Infirmary, University of Newcastle upon Tyne, NE1 4LP
E. G. Tweddle
Affiliation:
Currently and previously staff of Nuffield Psychiatric Unit and Department of Psychological Medicine, Queen Victoria Infirmary, University of Newcastle upon Tyne, NE1 4LP
R. F. Garside
Affiliation:
Currently and previously staff of Nuffield Psychiatric Unit and Department of Psychological Medicine, Queen Victoria Infirmary, University of Newcastle upon Tyne, NE1 4LP
D. McI. Scott
Affiliation:
Currently and previously staff of Nuffield Psychiatric Unit and Department of Psychological Medicine, Queen Victoria Infirmary, University of Newcastle upon Tyne, NE1 4LP
S. Chambers
Affiliation:
Currently and previously staff of Nuffield Psychiatric Unit and Department of Psychological Medicine, Queen Victoria Infirmary, University of Newcastle upon Tyne, NE1 4LP
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Much attention has been devoted to the classification of the behaviour disorders of childhood, and various authors have identified what they consider to be clinically homogeneous groups. The alternative to a clinical approach to classification is a multivariate approach in an attempt to identify more scientifically the main dimensions underlying the wide range of behaviour disorders that occur in children. A model for a multivariate classification was pioneered by Hewitt and Jenkins (1946), who delineated three behaviour syndromes:

  1. (a) socialized delinquency;

  2. (b) unsocialized aggressive behaviour;

  3. (c) over-inhibited behaviour.

Type
Research Article
Information
The British Journal of Psychiatry , Volume 126 , Issue 2 , February 1975 , pp. 114 - 126
Copyright
Copyright © Royal College of Psychiatrists, 1975 

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