Examination of the reliability of the Problem Oriented Screening Instrument for Teenagers (POSIT) among arrested youths entering a juvenile assessment center

Substance Use and Misuse

Volumn 31, Issue 7, 1996, Pages 785-824

  Dembo, Richard ^a   Schmeidler, James ^b   Borden, Polly ^c   Turner, Glenn ^a   Sue, Camille Chin ^a   Manning, Darrell ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH FLORIDA   (United States)

^b MOUNT SINAI SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^c Information Technology Department   (United States)

^d Agy for Comm Treatment Services   (United States)

Author keywords

Problems among high risk youth; Reliability of instrument probing problems among delinquent youth

Indexed keywords

ACADEMIC ACHIEVEMENT; ARTICLE; HIGH RISK POPULATION; HUMAN; JUVENILE DELINQUENCY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RELIABILITY; SCREENING TEST;

EID: 0029889335     PISSN: 10826084     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3109/10826089609063958     Document Type: Article

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