A new self-report scale for assessment of adolescent psychopathology: Factor structure, reliability, validity, and diagnostic sensitivity

Journal of Abnormal Child Psychology

Volumn 25, Issue 6, 1997, Pages 487-497

  Conners, C Keith ^a   Wells, Karen C ^a   Parker, James D A ^b   Sitarenios, Gill ^c   Diamond, John M ^d   Powell, Judy W ^d  

^a DUKE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b TRENT UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^c YORK UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^d EAST CAROLINA UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

ADHD; Adolescence; Rating scale; Self report

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; AGE; ARTICLE; ATTENTION DEFICIT DISORDER; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORRELATION FUNCTION; FEMALE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; RELIABILITY; REPRODUCIBILITY; SCHOOL CHILD; SELF REPORT; SEX DIFFERENCE; VALIDATION PROCESS;

ADOLESCENT; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ATTENTION DEFICIT DISORDER WITH HYPERACTIVITY; CANADA; FACTOR ANALYSIS, STATISTICAL; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; PSYCHOLOGICAL TESTS; PSYCHOMETRICS; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; UNITED STATES;

EID: 0031441797     PISSN: 00910627     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/A:1022637815797     Document Type: Article

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