A DUTCH VERSION OF THE REISS SCREEN OF MALADAPTIVE BEHAVIOR

The Reiss Screen for Maladaptive Behavior, an instrument used to ident ify mentally retarded persons with mental health problems, was evaluat ed with 89 mentally retarded adults. Reliability and validity of the R eiss Screen, as well as the relationship with subject characteristics, is reported for a Dutch population. Internal consistency on the total score was good and modest on most subscales. The subscale autism had inadequate internal consistency. Interrater reliability was low to mod est. Further, the Reiss Screen had good criterion validity. Last, few relationships were found between Reiss Screen scores and subject chara cteristics.