Predicting nonresponse bias from teacher ratings of mental health problems in primary school children

Journal of Abnormal Child Psychology

Volumn 36, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 411-419

  Stormark, Kjell Morten ^a   Heiervang, Einar ^b   Heimann, Mikael ^a,c   Lundervold, Astri ^a   Gillberg, Christopher ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BERGEN   (Norway)

^b HAUKELAND UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Norway)

^c LINKÖPING UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

^d QUEEN SILVIA CHILDREN'S HOSPITAL   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Community surveys; Mental health problems in children; Nonresponse bias

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; ATTENTION DEFICIT DISORDER; EMOTIONAL DISORDER; FEMALE; FUNCTIONAL DISEASE; HUMAN; LOGISTIC REGRESSION ANALYSIS; MALE; MENTAL DISEASE; MENTAL HEALTH; NONRESPONSE BIAS; PEER PRESSURE; PREDICTION; PREVALENCE; SCHOOL CHILD; TEACHER;

ATTENTION DEFICIT DISORDER WITH HYPERACTIVITY; CHILD; FACULTY; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MASS SCREENING; OBSERVER VARIATION; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; PREVALENCE; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; QUESTIONNAIRES; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX;

EID: 41049104172     PISSN: 00910627     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10802-007-9187-3     Document Type: Article

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