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Bristol Social Adjustment Guides (BSAG)
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The Bristol Social Adjustment Guides (BSAG) are designed to detect
behavior disturbance
and to diagnose its nature and extent. The Guides are concerned
with
behavior as it can be observed rather than with inferences based on
projective techniques or statements from the subject about how he/she
behaves. The Guides are designed to be as free as possible from
the unreliability of personal judgement, offering a means for the
systematic recording of the behavior of children between the ages of 5
and 16 for the assessment of social adjustment.
An overall assessment of maladjustment may be obtained as well as
sub-scores
in the following diagnostic categories:
Core Syndromes
U - UNFORTHCOMINGNESS: Lack of confidence,
self-assertion and curiosity.
W - WITHDRAWAL: Defenses set up against human contact
and affection.
D - DEPRESSION: Lethargy, lack of energy, or
"laziness."
Q - INCONSEQUENCE: Impulsive acting out without regard
for consequences.
H - HOSTILITY: Attack-avoidance responses to emotional
bonds.
Associated Groupings
PM - PEER-MALADAPTIVENESS: Antisocial, hostile
attitudes toward other children.
OV - NON-SYNDROMIC OVER-REACTION: Mechanisms of
defense,
compensation or
pseudo-adjustment.
UR - NON-SYNDROMIC UNDER-REACTION: Supportive of
under-reacting core-syndromes.
N - NEUROLOGICAL SYMPTOMS.
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