The impact of items and anchors on parent-child reports of problem behavior

Child and Adolescent Social Work Journal

Volumn 23, Issue 1, 2006, Pages 24-37

  Carlston, David ^a,b   Ogles, Benjamin ^a  

^a OHIO UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b NONE   (United States)

Author keywords

Behavior Problems; Child Assessment; Inter rater Reliability

Indexed keywords

EID: 33747883137     PISSN: 07380151     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10560-005-0028-3     Document Type: Article

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