'Ain't going to Nike Town,' declares the singer on 'Nike Town', defiant but measured, 'ain't going to Vegas.' Then he gets seriously demented as he screams, 'You can take me, shake me, but you can't make me.' He could be a six-year-old child screaming at its mother, or an anti-war protester struggling as she's bundled into the back of a police van.
One indicator of mental health was also drawn from the mothers, namely, severity of behavior problems commonly seen in pre-pubescent children (e.g., attention-deficit/hyperactivity and oppositional defiant disorder symptoms) measured with the Stony Brook Child Symptom Inventory [ 40].
They have been difficult days for Mrs. Clinton, friends and advisers say, though not without a measure of defiant pride, satisfaction and gratitude as she concludes her primary march.
His tone was measured, his eyes defiant.
Giving evidence to a joint committee on human rights about the legislation, which was defeated in the Lords earlier this month, a defiant home secretary insisted the measures were necessary.
A sample of 622 3-year-old preschoolers, followed up until age 7, was assessed annually with dimensional measures of callous-unemotional traits, oppositional defiant disorder and anxiety and related psychological constructs answered by parents, teachers and performed by children.
In most studies, irritability was measured using items from the oppositional defiant disorder (ODD) section of interviews [ 28].
Regardless, Colbert's response on his show was defiant and proud and funny — yet also communicated a measure of defensiveness about his intentions.
Principal components analysis produced a 33-item measure comprising four subscales: Positive Development, Oppositional Defiant Behavior, Antisocial Behavior and Emotional Difficulties.
Still, the Layhers showed up yesterday at Ronald Reagan National Airport in Washington defiant, if not entirely impressed by the heightened security measures.
