Making sense of multiple informants in child and adolescent psychopathology: A guide for clinicians

Journal of Psychoeducational Assessment

Volumn 25, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 139-149

  Smith, Steven R ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Assessment of children and adolescents; Behavior ratings; Multimethod assessment; Rater agreement

Indexed keywords

EID: 34247645923     PISSN: 07342829     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0734282906296233     Document Type: Article

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