Assessment of life stress in adolescents: Self-report versus interview methods

Journal of the American Academy of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry

Volumn 39, Issue 4, 2000, Pages 445-452

  Duggal, Sunita ^a,b   Malkoff Schwartz, Susan ^a   Birmaher, Boris ^a   Anderson, Barbara P ^a   Matty, Mary K ^a   Houck, Patricia R ^a   Bailey Orr, Meredith ^a   Williamson, Douglas E ^a   Frank, Ellen ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PITTSBURGH SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF MENTAL HEALTH   (United States)

Author keywords

Adolescence; Life events; Life Events and Difficulties Schedule; Life Events Checklist; Major depressive disorder

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEPRESSION; FEMALE; HUMAN; INTERVIEW; LIFE EVENT; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SELF EVALUATION; SELF REPORT; STRESS;

EID: 0034082776     PISSN: 08908567     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00004583-200004000-00013     Document Type: Article

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