Assessing Emotional and Behavioral Problems in Children with Intellectual Disability: Revisiting the Factor Structure of the Developmental Behavior Checklist

Journal of Autism and Developmental Disorders

Volumn 32, Issue 6, 2002, Pages 601-610

  Dekker, Marielle C ^a   Nunn, Russell J ^c   Einfeld, Stewart E ^b   Tonge, Bruce J ^c   Koot, Hans M ^a,d  

^a SOPHIA CHILDREN S HOSPITAL   (Netherlands)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NEW SOUTH WALES   (Australia)

^c MONASH UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^d VU UNIVERSITY AMSTERDAM   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Developmental Behaviour Checklist; Emotional and behavioral problems; Intellectual disability

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ANTISOCIAL BEHAVIOR; ANXIETY DISORDER; ARTICLE; AUSTRALIA; BEHAVIOR DISORDER; CHILD; COMMUNICATION DISORDER; DISABILITY; EMOTIONAL DISORDER; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN RELATION; INTELLECTUAL IMPAIRMENT; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NETHERLANDS; PRINCIPAL COMPONENT ANALYSIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; EPIDEMIOLOGY; FACTORIAL ANALYSIS; HOSPITALIZATION; MENTAL DEFICIENCY; MOOD DISORDER; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PREVALENCE; QUESTIONNAIRE; REPRODUCIBILITY; VALIDATION STUDY;

ADOLESCENT; CHILD; CHILD BEHAVIOR DISORDERS; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; FACTOR ANALYSIS, STATISTICAL; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MENTAL RETARDATION; MOOD DISORDERS; PREVALENCE; QUESTIONNAIRES; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; SAMPLING STUDIES; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX;

EID: 0037841933     PISSN: 01623257     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/A:1021263216093     Document Type: Article

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