Psychometric properties of the Alabama parenting questionnaire

Journal of Child and Family Studies

Volumn 15, Issue 5, 2006, Pages 595-614

  Essau, Cecilia A ^a   Sasagawa, Satoko ^b   Frick, Paul J ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ROEHAMPTON   (United Kingdom)

^b WASEDA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^c UNIVERSITY OF NEW ORLEANS   (United States)

Author keywords

Alabama Parenting Questionnaire (APQ); Conduct problems; Factor analysis; Parenting

Indexed keywords

EID: 33749361971     PISSN: 10621024     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10826-006-9036-y     Document Type: Article

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