The strength and difficulties questionnaire: Scale validation with Russian adolescents

Journal of Clinical Psychology

Volumn 63, Issue 9, 2007, Pages 861-869

  Ruchkin, Vladislav ^a,b,c   Koposov, Roman ^d   Schwab Stone, Mary ^a  

^a YALE UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b KAROLINSKA INSTITUTE   (Sweden)

^c Skonviks Psychiatric Clinic   (Sweden)

^d UNIVERSITY OF TROMSØ   (Norway)

Author keywords

Russian adolescents; The Strength Difficulties Questionnaire; Validation

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ARTICLE; CHILD PSYCHIATRY; CONDUCT DISORDER; DATA ANALYSIS; DEMOGRAPHY; EMOTION; ETHNICITY; FACTORIAL ANALYSIS; FEMALE; HUMAN; HYPERACTIVITY; MALE; NORMAL HUMAN; PSYCHOMETRY; QUESTIONNAIRE; RELIABILITY; RUSSIAN FEDERATION; SELF REPORT; SINGLE PARENT; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; STRENGTH AND DIFFICULTIES QUESTIONNAIRE;

ADOLESCENT; CHILD; ETHNIC GROUPS; FACTOR ANALYSIS, STATISTICAL; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MODELS, STATISTICAL; PERSONALITY INVENTORY; PSYCHOMETRICS; QUESTIONNAIRES; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; RUSSIA; TRANSLATIONS;

EID: 34548753307     PISSN: 00219762     EISSN: 10974679     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/jclp.20401     Document Type: Article

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