Hierarchical confirmatory factor analysis of the Child Behavior Checklist/4-18

Psychological Assessment

Volumn 10, Issue 2, 1998, Pages 149-155

  Greenbaum, Paul E ^a,b   Dedrick, Robert F ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH FLORIDA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH FLORIDA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AFFECTIVE NEUROSIS; AGGRESSION; ANXIETY NEUROSIS; ARTICLE; ATTENTION; BEHAVIOR DISORDER; CHILD BEHAVIOR; DELINQUENCY; DEPRESSION; FACTORIAL ANALYSIS; FEMALE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; SCHOOL CHILD; SCORING SYSTEM;

EID: 0031841629     PISSN: 10403590     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1037/1040-3590.10.2.149     Document Type: Article

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