The Generalizability of the Youth Self-Report Syndrome Structure in 23 Societies

Journal of Consulting and Clinical Psychology

Volumn 75, Issue 5, 2007, Pages 729-738

  Ivanova, Masha Y ^a   Achenbach, Thomas M ^a   Rescorla, Leslie A ^b   Dumenci, Levent ^a   Almqvist, Fredrik ^c   Bilenberg, Niels ^d   Bird, Hector ^e   Broberg, Anders G ^f   Dobrean, Anca ^g   Döpfner, Manfred ^h   Erol, Nese ⁱ   Forns, Maria ^j   Hannesdottir, Helga ^k   Kanbayashi, Yasuko ^l   Lambert, Michael C ^m   Leung, Patrick ⁿ   Minaei, Asghar ^o   Mulatu, Mesfin S ^p   Novik, Torunn ^q   Ja Oh, Kyung ^r   Roussos, Alexandra ^s   Sawyer, Michael ^t,u   Simsek, Zeynep ^v   Steinhausen, Hans Christoph ^w   Weintraub, Sheila ^c   Metzke, Christa Winkler ^w   Wolanczyk, Tomasz ^x   Zilber, Nelly ^y,z   Zukauskiene, Rita ^aa   Verhulst, Frank C ^ab   more..

^a UNIVERSITY OF VERMONT   (United States)

^b BRYN MAWR COLLEGE   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF HELSINKI   (Finland)

^d UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN DENMARK   (Denmark)

^e Och Spine at New York Presbyterian Hospitals   (United States)

^f UNIVERSITY OF GOTHENBURG   (Sweden)

^g BABE BOLYAI UNIVERSITY   (Romania)

^h UNIVERSITY OF COLOGNE   (Germany)

ⁱ ANKARA UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

^j UNIVERSITY OF BARCELONA   (Spain)

^k LANDSPITALI UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Iceland)

^l CHUO UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^m UNIVERSITY OF MISSOURI   (United States)

ⁿ CHINESE UNIVERSITY OF HONG KONG   (Hong Kong)

^o Research Institute of Exceptional Children   (Iran)

^p MayaTech Corporation   (United States)

^q Sykehuset Buskerud HF   (Norway)

^r Yonsei University   (South Korea)

^s Attiki Child Psychiatric Hospital   (Greece)

^t UNIVERSITY OF ADELAIDE   (Australia)

^u WOMEN S AND CHILDREN S HOSPITAL   (Australia)

^v HARRAN UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

^w UNIVERSITY OF ZURICH   (Switzerland)

^x MEDICAL UNIVERSITY OF WARSAW   (Poland)

^y Kfar Shaul Hospital   (Israel)

^z CNRS   (Israel)

^aa MYKOLAS ROMERIS UNIVERSITY   (Lithuania)

^ab SOPHIA CHILDREN S HOSPITAL   (Netherlands)

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Author keywords

multicultural; psychopathology; taxonomy; Youth Self Report; youths

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; ARTICLE; CHILD BEHAVIOR CHECKLIST; CLINICAL PSYCHOLOGY; FEMALE; GENDER AND SEX; HUMAN; MALE; MENTAL DISEASE; PARENT; PSYCHOLOGICAL THEORY; SCHOOL CHILD; SELF REPORT; TAXONOMY; TEACHER;

EID: 35948943866     PISSN: 0022006X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1037/0022-006X.75.5.729     Document Type: Article

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