Three informants' reports of child behavior: Parents, teachers, and foster parents

Journal of the American Academy of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry

Volumn 42, Issue 11, 2003, Pages 1343-1350

  Van Dusen Randazzo, Katherine ^a,d   Landsverk, John ^a,b   Ganger, William ^c  

^a CHILD AND ADOLESCENT SERVICES RESEARCH CENTER   (United States)

^b SAN DIEGO STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c Child and Adol Serv Research Group   (United States)

^d Child and Adol Serv Research Group ^*  (United States)

Author keywords

Child Behavior Checklist; Depression; Informants

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BEHAVIOR DISORDER; CHILD BEHAVIOR; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEPRESSION; EMOTION; EVALUATION; FOSTER CARE; HUMAN; MENTAL HEALTH CENTER; OBSERVATION; PARENT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PSYCHOLOGIC ASSESSMENT; RATING SCALE; SELF REPORT; SYMPTOM; TEACHER; ADOLESCENT; CHILD; COMPARATIVE STUDY; FEMALE; INFANT; MALE; NEWBORN; OBSERVER VARIATION; PRESCHOOL CHILD; QUESTIONNAIRE; UNIVERSITY;

ADOLESCENT; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; DEPRESSION; FACULTY; FEMALE; FOSTER HOME CARE; HUMANS; INFANT; INFANT, NEWBORN; MALE; OBSERVER VARIATION; PARENTS; QUESTIONNAIRES;

EID: 0642304327     PISSN: 08908567     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/01.chi.0000085753.71002.da     Document Type: Article

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