Factor structure and cultural factors of disruptive behaviour disorders symptoms in Italian children

European Psychiatry

Volumn 21, Issue 6, 2006, Pages 410-418

  Zuddas, Alessandro ^a   Marzocchi, Gian Marco ^b,c   Oosterlaan, Jaap ^d   Cavolina, Pina ^a   Ancilletta, Bernadette ^a   Sergeant, Joseph ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CAGLIARI   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MILANO BICOCCA   (Italy)

^c La Nostra Famiglia ^*  (Italy)

^d VU UNIVERSITY AMSTERDAM   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

ADHD; Confirmatory factor analysis; Disruptive behaviours; Rating scales

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; ATTENTION DEFICIT DISORDER; CHILD; CONDUCT DISORDER; CULTURAL FACTOR; DIAGNOSTIC AND STATISTICAL MANUAL OF MENTAL DISORDERS; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; DISRUPTIVE BEHAVIOR; DYSLEXIA; FEMALE; HUMAN; HYPERACTIVITY; IMPULSIVENESS; ITALY; MALE; OPPOSITIONAL DEFIANT DISORDER; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUESTIONNAIRE; RATING SCALE; SYMPTOMATOLOGY; VALIDATION PROCESS;

ATTENTION DEFICIT AND DISRUPTIVE BEHAVIOR DISORDERS; ATTENTION DEFICIT DISORDER WITH HYPERACTIVITY; CHILD; CULTURE; DIAGNOSTIC AND STATISTICAL MANUAL OF MENTAL DISORDERS; FACTOR ANALYSIS, STATISTICAL; FEMALE; HUMANS; ITALY; MALE; OBSERVER VARIATION; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; PREVALENCE; QUESTIONNAIRES; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX;

EID: 33748706627     PISSN: 09249338     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.eurpsy.2005.08.001     Document Type: Article

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