Factor structure of the Rutter Teacher Questionnaire in Portuguese children

Revista Brasileira de Psiquiatria

Ana Telma Pereira²  Berta Rodrigues Maia²  Mariana Marques²  Sandra Carvalho Bos²  Maria João Soares²  Ana Gomes¹  António Macedo²  Maria Helena Pinto De Azevedo² 

[1] ,University of Aveiro School of Medicine Institute of Medical PsychologyAveiro,Portugal

关键词: Portugal;    Questionnaires;    Factor analysis;    statistical;    Child behavior;    Evaluation studies;    Portugal;    Questionários;    Análise fatorial;    Comportamento infantil;    Estudos de avaliação;   

DOI  :  10.1590/S1516-44462008000400004

来源: SciELO

【 摘 要 】

OBJECTIVE: To examine the factor structure of the Rutter Teacher Questionnaire in Portuguese primary school children. METHOD: The Rutter Teacher Questionnaire, a 26-item scale covering a variety of behavioral problems, was completed by teachers of 877 children, aged 6 to 11 years. Data were subjected to factor analysis using the principal components solution with varimax rotation. RESULTS: The factorial analysis in total sample revealed three factors explaining 38.88% of the total variance. The factors contained items representing hyperactivity/conduct (Factor 1), anxious/depressive (Factor 2) and truancy/stealing (Factor 3). The highest correlations between factors scores were for Factor 1 and Factor 3. These Factors scores were higher in boys than girls and correlated with lower social class. All three Factors scores correlated with school performance. The comparison between separate factorial structures for the samples of boys and girls revealed a considerable overlap. CONCLUSIONS: The pattern of the items contained on Factor 1 appears to be related with the category of hyperkinetic conduct disorder used by the International Classification of Diseases-10. Results suggest that the Portuguese language version of the Rutter Teacher Questionnaire possesses good psychometric properties and may be considered a useful instrument for measuring children's behavior problems.

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