Measurement structure of the Turkish translation of the child behavior checklist using confirmatory factor analytic approaches to validation of syndromal constructs

Journal of Abnormal Child Psychology

Volumn 32, Issue 3, 2004, Pages 335-340

  Dumenci, Levent ^a   Erol, Nese ^b   Achenbach, Thomas M ^a   Simsek, Zeynep ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF VERMONT COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b ANKARA UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

^c HARRAN UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

Author keywords

Child Behavior Checklist; Confirmatory factor analysis; Cross cultural; Syndrome validation; Turkish

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; BEHAVIOR DISORDER; CHILD; CHILD BEHAVIOR; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; DATA ANALYSIS; FACTORIAL ANALYSIS; FEMALE; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; INTERVIEW; LANGUAGE; MALE; MENTAL HEALTH; RATING SCALE; VALIDATION PROCESS;

CHILD; CHILD BEHAVIOR DISORDERS; CROSS-CULTURAL COMPARISON; FACTOR ANALYSIS, STATISTICAL; FEMALE; HUMANS; LANGUAGE; MALE; QUESTIONNAIRES; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; TRANSLATING;

EID: 3442896488     PISSN: 00910627     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/B:JACP.0000026146.67290.07     Document Type: Article

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