Development of a short questionnaire for use in epidemiological studies of depression in children and adolescents: factor composition and structure across development

International Journal of Methods in Psychiatric Research

Volumn 5, Issue 4, 1996, Pages 251-262

  Angold, Adrian ^a   Costello, Jane ^b   Van Kämmen, Welmoet ^b   Stouthamer Loeber, Magda ^c  

^a DUKE UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b Rolf Loeber   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF PITTSBURGH   (United States)

Author keywords

Assessment; Children and adolescents; Depression; Factor analysis

Indexed keywords

EID: 33746315703     PISSN: 10498931     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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