Cross informant agreement of the Behavioral and Emotional Rating Scale-2nd edition (BERS-2) parent and youth rating scales

Child and Family Behavior Therapy

Volumn 27, Issue 3, 2005, Pages 1-11

  Synhorst, Lori L ^a   Buckley, Jacquelyn A ^b   Reid, Robert ^a   Epstein, Michael H ^c   Ryser, Gail ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEBRASKA LINCOLN   (United States)

^b JOHNS HOPKINS BLOOMBERG SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

^c Center for At Risk Children's Services   (United States)

^d PRO ED   (United States)

Author keywords

Behavior rating scales; Cross informant; Emotional rating scales; Informant agreement; Multiple informants; Strength based assessment

Indexed keywords

EID: 29144446900     PISSN: 07317107     EISSN: 1545228X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1300/J019v27n03_01     Document Type: Article

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