Teacher assessments of children's behavioral disorders: Demographic correlates

American Journal of Orthopsychiatry

Volumn 68, Issue 1, 1998, Pages 117-125

  Horwitz, Sarah McCue ^a,f   Bility, Khalipha M ^c   Plichta, Stacey B ^d   Leaf, Philip J ^e   Haynes, Morris ^b  

^a YALE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b YALE UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF THE WESTERN CAPE   (South Africa)

^d OLD DOMINION UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^e JOHNS HOPKINS BLOOMBERG SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

^f YALE UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BEHAVIOR DISORDER; CHILD; CHILD BEHAVIOR; FUNCTIONAL ASSESSMENT; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; TEACHER;

AFRICAN AMERICANS; CAREGIVERS; CHI-SQUARE DISTRIBUTION; CHILD; CHILD BEHAVIOR DISORDERS; CONFIDENCE INTERVALS; CONNECTICUT; DIVORCE; FEMALE; HEALTH SURVEYS; HUMANS; LOGISTIC MODELS; MALE; ODDS RATIO; PREVALENCE; SEX FACTORS; SOCIAL PERCEPTION; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS; TEACHING;

EID: 0031911621     PISSN: 00029432     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1037/h0080276     Document Type: Article

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