Reliability of the Child Behavior Checklist for the assessment of behavioral problems of children and youth with mild mental retardation

Research in Developmental Disabilities

Volumn 21, Issue 1, 2000, Pages 31-41

  Embregts, Petri J C M ^a  

^a RADBOUD UNIVERSITY NIJMEGEN   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Assessment; Child Behavior Checklist; Child psychopathology; Inter rater reliability; Mild mental retardation; Test retest reliability

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ARTICLE; CHILD BEHAVIOR; CLINICAL ARTICLE; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; MENTAL DEFICIENCY; NEUROPATHOLOGY; PSYCHOLOGIC TEST; SCHOOL CHILD; SYMPTOMATOLOGY;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; CAREGIVERS; CHILD; CHILD BEHAVIOR DISORDERS; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MENTAL RETARDATION; MIDDLE AGED; OBSERVER VARIATION; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX;

EID: 0034594443     PISSN: 08914222     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0891-4222(99)00028-1     Document Type: Article

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