Can we trust parent reports in research on cultural and ethnic differences in child psychopathology? Using the bicultural family design to test parental culture effects

Journal of Abnormal Psychology

Volumn 108, Issue 4, 1999, Pages 598-605

  Weisz, John R ^a   McCarty, Carolyn A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CHILD; CHILD BEHAVIOR; CHILD PSYCHIATRY; CULTURAL FACTOR; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; ETHNIC DIFFERENCE; HUMAN; MENTAL DISEASE; PARENTAL BEHAVIOR;

EID: 0032715719     PISSN: 0021843X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1037/0021-843X.108.4.598     Document Type: Article

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