Do Kurdistanian and Swedish parents and children differ in their rating of competence and behavioural problems?

Nordic Journal of Psychiatry

Volumn 56, Issue 4, 2002, Pages 279-283

  Wahlsten, Viveka Sundelin ^a   Ahmad, Abdulbaghi ^a   von Knorring, Anne Liis ^a  

^a UPPSALA UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Sweden)

Author keywords

CBCL; Child behavioural problems and competence

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; BEHAVIOR DISORDER; CHILD; CHILD BEHAVIOR; COMMUNITY; COMPARATIVE STUDY; COMPETENCE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CULTURAL ANTHROPOLOGY; FEMALE; HUMAN; INTERVIEW; MALE; PARENTAL BEHAVIOR; REFUGEE; SAMPLE; SCORING SYSTEM; SELF CONCEPT; SELF REPORT; SOCIETY; SWEDEN; TURKEY (REPUBLIC);

ADOLESCENT; CHILD; CHILD BEHAVIOR DISORDERS; CROSS-CULTURAL COMPARISON; FEMALE; HUMANS; INTERVIEW, PSYCHOLOGICAL; MALE; MIDDLE EAST; PARENTS; PSYCHIATRIC STATUS RATING SCALES; REFUGEES; SELF ASSESSMENT (PSYCHOLOGY); SWEDEN;

EID: 0036388263     PISSN: 08039488     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/08039480260242778     Document Type: Article

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