Factors of Problem Behavior in visually impaired children

The Behavior Problem Checklist was completed by teachers of 104 students in a residential school for the visually impaired. Four separate factor analyses were performed. Additional analyses were conducted to determine the effect on the factor structure of sex, race, and age. Three factors that correspond to dimensions found in earlier research and previously labeled conduct disorder, personality problem, and inadequacy-immaturity were found. Overall, the visually impaired children tended to have problem behavior patterns similar to other populations, and these patterns were largely independent of the visual handicap.This paper is an expanded version of a paper presented at the Third International Conference for Special Education (European Association for Special Education), Helsinki, Finland, August 1980. The authors shared equally in the production of this paper. First-author listing was decided by a chance procedure. We wish to thank Drs. Richard Hyer and Robert Fore and the staff of the Georgia Academy for the Blind for their cooperation.