Agreement between Parents and Teachers on Behavioral/Emotional Problems in Japanese School Children Using the Child Behavior Checklist

Child Psychiatry and Human Development

Volumn 34, Issue 2, 2003, Pages 111-126

  Satake, Hiroyuki ^a   Yoshida, Keiko ^a,d   Yamashita, Hiroshi ^a   Kinukawa, Naoko ^b   Takagishi, Tatsuya ^c  

^a KYUSHU UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b KYUSHU UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Japan)

^c Takagishi Pediatric Clinic

^d KYUSHU UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Assessment; Child behavior checklist; Child psychopathology; Parent teacher agreement

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BEHAVIOR DISORDER; CHILD; CHILD BEHAVIOR; CHILD PSYCHIATRY; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; DEMOGRAPHY; EMOTIONAL DISORDER; FEMALE; HUMAN; JAPAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PARENT; RATING SCALE; TEACHER;

CHILD; CHILD BEHAVIOR DISORDERS; COOPERATIVE BEHAVIOR; FACULTY; FEMALE; HUMANS; JAPAN; MALE; MOOD DISORDERS; PARENTS; QUESTIONNAIRES;

EID: 0345714900     PISSN: 0009398X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/A:1027342007736     Document Type: Article

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