Behavior Frequency Scale

Description

In the 32-item Behavior Frequency Scale, children are asked how often in the last 30 days they engaged in a series of physically aggressive, non-physically aggressive, and relationally aggressive acts, as well as other delinquent behaviors. Responses range from “never” to “20 or more times.” In year 4, instead of administering this measure to children, we administered a 25-item version that was adapted to ask mothers how often their child engages in each of the behaviors.

Reference(s)

Crick, N. R., & Bigbee, M. A. (1998). Relational and overt forms of peer victimization: A multi-informant approach. Journal of Consulting and Clinical Psychology, 66, 337-347.
Farrell, A.D., Danish, S.J., & Howard, C.W. (1992). Risk factors for drug use in urban adolescents: Identification and cross-validation. American Journal of Community Psychology, 20, 263-286.
Orpinas, P., & Frankowski, R. (2001). The aggression scale: A self-report measure of aggressive behavior for young adolescents. Journal of Early Adolescence, 21, 51-68.

Publication(s)

Alampay, L. P., Godwin, J., Lansford, J. E., Bombi, A. S., Bornstein, M. H., Chang, L., Deater-Deckard, K., Di Giunta, L., Dodge, K. A., Malone, P. S., Oburu, P., Pastorelli, C., Skinner, A. T., Sorbring, E., Tapanya, S., Uribe Tirado, L. M., Zelli, A., Al-Hassan, S. M., & Bacchini, D. (2017). Severity and justness do not moderate the relation between corporal punishment and negative child outcomes: A multicultural longitudinal study. International Journal of Behavioral Development, 41(4), 491-502. DOI: 10.1177/0165025417697852.

Bombi, A. S., Di Norcia, A., Di Giunta, L., Pastorelli, C., & Lansford, J. E. (2015). Parenting practices and child misbehavior: A mixed method study of Italian mothers and children. Parenting: Science and Practice, 15, 207–228.

Deater-Deckard, K., Godwin, J., Lansford, J. E., Bacchini, D., Bombi, A. S., Bornstein, M. H., Chang, L., Di Giunta, L., Dodge, K. A., Malone, P. S., Oburu, P., Pastorelli, C., Skinner, A. T., Sorbring, E., Steinberg, L., Tapanya, S., Alampay, L. P., Uribe Tirado, L. M., Zelli, A., & Al-Hassan, S. M. (2018). Within- and between-person and group variance in behavior and beliefs in cross-cultural longitudinal data. Journal of Adolescence, 62, 207-217.

Lansford, J. E., Godwin, J., Bornstein, M. H., Chang, L., Deater-Deckard, K., Di Giunta, L., Dodge, K. A., Malone, P. S., Oburu, P., Pastorelli, C., Skinner, A. T., Sorbring, E., Steinberg, L., Tapanya, S., Alampay, L. P., Uribe Tirado, L. M., Al-Hassan, S. M., & Bacchini, D. (2017). Reward sensitivity, impulse control, and social cognition as mediators of the link between childhood family adversity and externalizing behavior in eight countries. Development and Psychopathology, 29, 1675-1688.

Lansford, J. E., Skinner, A. T., Sorbring, E., di Giunta, L., Deater-Deckard, K., Dodge, K. A. Malone, P. S., Oburu, P., Pastorelli, C., Tapanya, S., Uribe Tirado, L. M., Zelli, A., Al-Hassan, S. M., Alampay, L. P., Bacchini, D., Bombi, A. S., Bornstein, M. H., & Chang, L. (2012). Boys’ and girls’ relational and physical aggression in nine countries. Aggressive Behavior, 38, 298-308.

Wave(s) Used

Parent: 4
Youth: 1, 2, 3, 5

Measure PDF

Parent Behavior Frequency Scale Measure PDF

Youth Behavior Frequency Scale Measure PDF