Concordance between mothers' and children's reports of somatic and emotional symptoms in patients with recurrent abdominal pain or emotional disorders

Journal of Abnormal Child Psychology

Volumn 26, Issue 5, 1998, Pages 381-391

  Garber, Judy ^a   Van Slyke, Deborah A ^a   Walker, Lynn S ^a  

^a VANDERBILT UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Emotional symptoms; Mother child concordance; Recurrent abdominal pain; Somatic symptoms

Indexed keywords

ABDOMINAL PAIN; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AFFECTIVE NEUROSIS; ARTICLE; CHILD; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEPRESSION; DISABILITY; DISTRESS SYNDROME; FEMALE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MATERNAL DISEASE; MOTHER CHILD RELATION; SELF REPORT; SOMATIZATION; SYMPTOMATOLOGY;

ABDOMINAL PAIN; ADOLESCENT; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; CHILD; CHRONIC DISEASE; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MOOD DISORDERS; MOTHERS; OBSERVER VARIATION; PERSONALITY INVENTORY; PSYCHOMETRICS; SOMATOFORM DISORDERS; TENNESSEE;

EID: 0031791579     PISSN: 00910627     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/A:1021955907190     Document Type: Article

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