Teacher race, student race, and the behavior problem checklist
- 1 January 1975
- journal article
- research article
- Published by Springer Nature in Journal of Abnormal Child Psychology
- Vol. 3 (1), 1-9
- https://doi.org/10.1007/bf00916025
Abstract
The ratings of 458 fourth- and fifth-grade boys were investigated to determine whether or not scores on the Behavior Problem Checklist vary systematically with teacher or student race. Analyses of the data for conduct problems, inadequacyimmaturity, and socialized delinquency indicated that white teachers demonstrate a strong tendency to rate black children as more deviant and white children as less deviant when contrasted with the ratings of black teachers. The ratings of black teachers were found not to vary with student race. No differences among any of the variables were found with regard to personality problems. Possible explanations for the results are discussed, along with implications for the use of the Behavior Problem Checklist in the field.Keywords
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