Self- and parent assessment of mental health: Disagreement on externalizing and internalizing behaviour in young refugees from the Middle East

Clinical Child Psychology and Psychiatry

Volumn 13, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 49-63

  Montgomery, Edith ^a  

^a Rehabiliterings og Forskningscentret for Torturofre   (Denmark)

Author keywords

Adolescents; CBCL; Mental health; Refugees; Self and parent assessment

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; BEHAVIORAL SCIENCE; CHILD PARENT RELATION; FEMALE; HEALTH ASSESSMENT QUESTIONNAIRE; HEALTH BEHAVIOR; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MENTAL HEALTH; MENTAL HEALTH CARE; QUESTIONNAIRE; SCHOOL CHILD; SELF EVALUATION; SELF REPORT;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; CHILD; CHILD BEHAVIOR DISORDERS; CONDUCT DISORDER; DENMARK; ETHNIC GROUPS; FEMALE; HUMANS; INTERNAL-EXTERNAL CONTROL; MALE; MIDDLE EAST; OBSERVER VARIATION; PERSONALITY ASSESSMENT; PERSONALITY INVENTORY; PSYCHOMETRICS; REFUGEES; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; SELF ASSESSMENT (PSYCHOLOGY); SOCIAL BEHAVIOR;

EID: 38349138358     PISSN: 13591045     EISSN: 14617021     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/1359104507086341     Document Type: Article

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