Ethnic Differences Using Behavior Rating Scales to Assess the Mental Health of Children: A Conceptual and Psychometric Critique

Child Psychiatry and Human Development

Volumn 34, Issue 3, 2004, Pages 167-201

  Tyson, Edgar H ^a  

^a FLORIDA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Behavior rating scales; Child mental health; Cross ethnic validity; Measurement equivalence

Indexed keywords

AFRICAN AMERICAN; AGGRESSION; ANXIETY; BEHAVIOR DISORDER; CAUCASIAN; CHILD; CHILD BEHAVIOR; CHILD WELFARE; CHILDHOOD DISEASE; CONDUCT DISORDER; CRIMINAL JUSTICE; CULTURAL FACTOR; DEPRESSION; DIAGNOSTIC AND STATISTICAL MANUAL OF MENTAL DISORDERS; DISEASE CLASSIFICATION; ETHNIC GROUP; FACTORIAL ANALYSIS; FEMALE; HISPANIC; HUMAN; HYPERACTIVITY; INTERNALIZATION; JUVENILE DELINQUENCY; LEADERSHIP; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEASUREMENT; MENTAL DISEASE; MENTAL HEALTH; PSYCHIATRIC DIAGNOSIS; PSYCHOMETRY; RACE DIFFERENCE; RATING SCALE; REVIEW; SCORING SYSTEM; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR; SOMATIZATION;

CHILD; CHILD BEHAVIOR DISORDERS; ETHNIC GROUPS; HUMANS; PSYCHOMETRICS;

EID: 1542378320     PISSN: 0009398X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/B:CHUD.0000014996.26276.a5     Document Type: Review

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