Factor-analysis of Child Behavior Checklist scores of 237 young boys from the Child Guidance Center in St. Louis yielded 7 of the 9 factors reported by Achenbach despite a more diverse ethnic and socioeconomic composition of this sample. Correlations between comparable factor-scales ranged from .86 to .94, except for the schizoid/anxious scales which correlated only .38.
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