Bias in parental reports? Maternal psychopathology and the reporting of problem behavior in clinic-referred children

European Journal of Psychological Assessment

Volumn 19, Issue 3, 2003, Pages 195-203

  Kroes, Gert ^a   Veerman, Jan W ^a   De Bruyn, Eric E J ^a  

^a RADBOUD UNIVERSITY NIJMEGEN   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Child assessment; Cross informant agreement; Distortion; Maternal psychopathology

Indexed keywords

EID: 0041517647     PISSN: 10155759     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1027//1015-5759.19.3.195     Document Type: Conference Paper

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