Validation of the frequency of delinquent behavior scaling instrument (fdbsi) on nigerian in-school adolescents
A cross-sectional survey design was adopted to validate the Frequency of Delinquent Behavior Scaling Instrument (FDBSI) using adolescents from a secondary school in Lagos, Nigeria. A combined purposive and convenient sampling technique was used to select 261 participants made up of 93 males (35.6%) and 168 females (64.4%) from a selected secondary school in Kosofe Local Government in Lagos State Nigeria. The mean age was 15.57 ± 1.97. Participants responded to Frequency of Delinquent Behavior Scaling Instrument (FDBSI) and Self-Reported Delinquency (SRD) to determine concurrent validity.