تلخیص
To develop a scale to assess emotional and behavioral problems in school children, a list of 109 most frequently
occurring problems after validation by 20 experienced school psychologists was administered to 853 school
children (grades 8-10) along with Youth Self Report (YSR; Achenbach & Rescorla, 2001). Exploratory factor
analysis revealed 6 factors of the present scale termed as School Children Problems Scale (SCPS) common with
YSR namely Anxiousness, Academic Problems, Aggression, Social Withdrawal, Feeling of Rejection and
Psychosomatic Complaints. A significant positive correlation was found between SCPS and two broad band
scales of YSR. SCPS was found to be a reliable (test-retest reliability = 0.79 and split half reliability = 0.89)
and a valid scale with acceptable psychometric properties.