Parent and child discrepancies in reporting severity of problem behaviors in three out-of-home settings

Psychological Assessment

Volumn 11, Issue 1, 1999, Pages 14-23

  Handwerk, Michael L ^a   Larzelere, Robert E ^a   Soper, Steven H ^a   Friman, Patrick C ^a,b  

^a Girls and Boys Town   (United States)

^b CREIGHTON UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BEHAVIOR DISORDER; CHILD; CHILD BEHAVIOR; CHILD PARENT RELATION; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DISEASE SEVERITY; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY;

EID: 0033017436     PISSN: 10403590     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1037/1040-3590.11.1.14     Document Type: Article

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