Screening for behavioral risk: Identification of high risk cut scores within the Social, Academic, and Emotional Behavior Risk Screener (SAEBRS)

Stephen P Kilgus; Crystal N Taylor; Nathaniel P von der Embse

doi:10.1037/spq0000230

Screening for behavioral risk: Identification of high risk cut scores within the Social, Academic, and Emotional Behavior Risk Screener (SAEBRS)

Sch Psychol Q. 2018 Mar;33(1):155-159. doi: 10.1037/spq0000230.

Authors

Stephen P Kilgus¹, Crystal N Taylor¹, Nathaniel P von der Embse²

Affiliations

¹ Department of Educational, School, and Counseling Psychology, University of Missouri.
² Department of Educational and Psychological Studies, University of South Florida.

PMID: 29629792
DOI: 10.1037/spq0000230

Abstract

The purpose of this study was to support the identification of Social, Academic, and Emotional Behavior Risk Screener (SAEBRS) cut scores that could be used to detect high-risk students. Teachers rated students across two time points (Time 1 n = 1,242 students; Time 2 n = 704) using the SAEBRS and the Behavioral and Emotional Screening System (BESS), the latter of which served as the criterion measure. Exploratory receiver operating characteristic (ROC) curve analyses of Time 1 data detected cut scores evidencing optimal levels of specificity and borderline-to-optimal levels of sensitivity. Cross-validation analyses of Time 2 data confirmed the performance of these cut scores, with all but one scale evidencing similar performance. Findings are considered particularly promising for the SAEBRS Total Behavior scale in detecting high-risk students. (PsycINFO Database Record

Publication types

Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't

MeSH terms

Behavior Rating Scale*
Child
Child Behavior Disorders / diagnosis*
Female
Humans
Male
Risk
School Teachers*
Schools*

Grants and funding

University of Missouri Alumni; Alumni Association/International