Reliability of retrospective assessments of childhood experiences in Germany

Journal of Nervous and Mental Disease

Volumn 194, Issue 9, 2006, Pages 676-683

  Hardt, Jochen ^a   Sidor, Anna ^a   Bracko, Michael ^a   Egle, Ulrich Tiber ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER MAINZ   (Germany)

Author keywords

Childhood adversities; Childhood experiences; Protective factors; Retrospective assessment

Indexed keywords

ACCURACY; ADULT; ARTICLE; CHILD ABUSE; CHILD SEXUAL ABUSE; DIVORCE; EXPERIENCE; FAMILY HISTORY; FEMALE; GERMANY; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; RELIABILITY; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; STRUCTURED INTERVIEW;

ADULT; AGED; CHILD; CHILD ABUSE; CHILD ABUSE, SEXUAL; DATA COLLECTION; DIVORCE; FAMILY RELATIONS; FEMALE; FORMS AND RECORDS CONTROL; GERMANY; HUMANS; INTERVIEWS; MALE; MENTAL RECALL; MIDDLE AGED; QUESTIONNAIRES; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; RESEARCH DESIGN; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES;

EID: 33748805471     PISSN: 00223018     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/01.nmd.0000235789.79491.1b     Document Type: Article

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