THE NISONGER CHILD-BEHAVIOR RATING FORM - AGE AND GENDER EFFECTS AND NORMS

The Nisonger CBRF is a new informant behavior rating scale that was ad apted for assessing children and adolescents with mental retardation. A total of 369 children referred to interdisciplinary diagnostic clini cs for children with developmental disabilities were rated on the Niso nger Child Behavior Rating Form by their parents and teachers. Normati ve data (means, T scores, and percentiles) are presented. Subscale sco res were analyzed as a function of age and gender Age influenced 3 of 8 subscales on the parent ratings and 1 subscale on the reacher rating s. Gender did not influence subscale scores. Age and gender results ar e discussed in relation to previous studies of subject variables.