Accuracy of informants: Do parents think that mother knows best?

Journal of Abnormal Child Psychology

Volumn 25, Issue 2, 1997, Pages 165-171

  Phares, Vicky ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH FLORIDA   (United States)

Author keywords

children's emotional behavioral problems; Multiple informants; parental perception

Indexed keywords

ACCURACY; AFFECTIVE NEUROSIS; ARTICLE; BEHAVIOR DISORDER; CHILD; CHILD PSYCHIATRY; FEMALE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MOTHER; PARENT; PERCEPTION; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AFFECTIVE SYMPTOMS; CHILD; CHILD BEHAVIOR DISORDERS; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; FATHERS; FEMALE; GENDER IDENTITY; HUMANS; INFANT; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MOTHERS; PERSONALITY ASSESSMENT;

EID: 0030890599     PISSN: 00910627     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/A:1025787613984     Document Type: Article

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