Aberrant Behavior Checklist (ABC)

• Developed in 1985
• The ABC is available in two versions, ABC-Residential and ABC-Community

Aman MG, Singh NN, Stewart AW, Field CJ. The aberrant behavior checklist: a behavior rating scale for the assessment of treatment effects. Am J Ment Defic. 1985a Mar;89(5):485-91 (PubMed Abstract)

Aman MG, Singh NN, Stewart AW, Field CJ. Psychometric characteristics of the aberrant behavior checklist. Am J Ment Defic. 1985b Mar;89(5):492-502 (PubMed Abstract)

Aman MG, Burrow WH, Wolford PL. The Aberrant Behavior Checklist-Community: factor validity and effect of subject variables for adults in group homes. Am J Ment Retard. 1995 Nov;100(3):283-92 (PubMed abstract)

Brown EC, Aman MG, Havercamp SM. Factor analysis and norms for parent ratings on the Aberrant Behavior Checklist-Community for young people in special education. Res Dev Disabil. 2002 Jan-Feb;23(1):45-60 (PubMed abstract)

Rojahn J, Aman MG, Matson JL, Mayville E. The Aberrant Behavior Checklist and the Behavior Problems Inventory: convergent and divergent validity. Res Dev Disabil. 2003 Sep-Oct;24(5):391-404 (PubMed abstract)

Aman, M.G. (2012). Editorial: Aberrant Behavior Checklist: Current Identity and Future Developments. Clinical and Experimental Pharmacology. 2:e114 (Full text article)

Kaat AJ, Lecavalier L, Aman MG. Validity of the aberrant behavior checklist in children with autism spectrum disorder. J Autism Dev Disord. 2014 May;44(5):1103-16 (PubMed abstract)

Farmer, C.A. & Aman, M.G. (2017). Aberrant Behavior Checklist. Encyclopedia of Autism Spectrum Disorders, 2nd Ed. (Fred Volkmar, Ed.). New York: Springer Science+Business (internet live reference) (Abstract)

Norris, M., Aman, M.G., Mazurek, M.O., Scherr, J.F., & Butter, E.M. (2019).  Psychometric characteristics of the Aberrant Behavior Checklist in a well-defined sample of youth with autism spectrum disorder. Research in Autism Spectrum Disorders, 62, 1-9 (Abstract)