A Study of Behavior Problems

group was composed of children who because of their unconformed behavior in the class room were referred for a psychological examination under the supervision of the Department of Special Education. These examinations were conducted with a view toward possible placement in a Special Class. Through the courtesy of the Director of Special Education access to the files of the Department was made possible. The original intention was to have an equal number of boys and girls, but the records showed that a very much larger number of boys than of girls had been examined by the Department because of disciplinary problems. As a consequence the group considered in the present investigation includes four hundred boys and one hundred girls. The group is representative as the boys and girls comprising it were selected from every part of a large school system. In chronological age the children ranged from seven to seventeen years. The results of a mental examination and a clinical diagnosis