Are American children's problems still getting worse? A 23-year comparison

Journal of Abnormal Child Psychology

Volumn 31, Issue 1, 2003, Pages 1-11

  Achenbach, Thomas M ^a   Dumenci, Levent ^a   Rescorla, Leslie A ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF VERMONT COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b BRYN MAWR COLLEGE   (United States)

Author keywords

Behavior problems; Child Behavior Checklist; Epidemiology; Mental health services; Secular changes

Indexed keywords

ACADEMIC ACHIEVEMENT; ADAPTIVE BEHAVIOR; ADOLESCENT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; AGGRESSION; ANXIETY DISORDER; ARTICLE; ATTENTION DEFICIT DISORDER; BEHAVIOR DISORDER; CHILD BEHAVIOR; COMPETENCE; CONDUCT DISORDER; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; DEMOGRAPHY; EMOTIONAL STABILITY; EPIDEMIOLOGICAL DATA; ETHNIC DIFFERENCE; FEMALE; HUMAN; INTERVIEW; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MENTAL HEALTH SERVICE; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS OF COVARIANCE; PREVALENCE; PSYCHIATRIC DIAGNOSIS; PSYCHOSOCIAL WITHDRAWAL; SCHOOL CHILD; SCORING SYSTEM; SELF CONCEPT; SEX DIFFERENCE; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR; SOCIAL PROBLEM; SOCIOECONOMICS; THOUGHT DISORDER; UNITED STATES;

ADOLESCENT; AFFECTIVE SYMPTOMS; CHILD; CHILD BEHAVIOR DISORDERS; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; MALE; PERSONALITY ASSESSMENT; REFERRAL AND CONSULTATION; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SAMPLING STUDIES; UNITED STATES;

EID: 0038286321     PISSN: 00910627     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/A:1021700430364     Document Type: Article

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