Behavioral health screening in urban primary care settings: Construct validity of the PSC-17

Journal of Developmental and Behavioral Pediatrics

Volumn 29, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 124-128

  Kostanecka, Anna ^a   Power, Thomas ^a,b   Clarke, Angela ^a   Watkins, Marley ^c   Hausman, Cheryl L ^a   Blum, Nathan J ^a,b  

^a CHILDREN S HOSPITAL OF PHILADELPHIA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA   (United States)

^c ARIZONA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Behavioral health screening; Construct; Pediatric primary care; Pediatric Symptom Checklist 17; Validity

Indexed keywords

ANALYTICAL ERROR; ARTICLE; ATTENTION DISTURBANCE; CHILD; CHILD BEHAVIOR; CHILD CARE; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONSTRUCT VALIDITY; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; FACTORIAL ANALYSIS; FAMILY; FEMALE; GROUPS BY AGE; HUMAN; LOWEST INCOME GROUP; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PEDIATRIC SYMPTOM CHECKLIST 17; PRIMARY MEDICAL CARE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RATING SCALE; SCREENING TEST; STATISTICS; URBAN AREA;

AFRICAN AMERICANS; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; FACTOR ANALYSIS, STATISTICAL; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MASS SCREENING; MENTAL DISORDERS; PARENTS; PEDIATRICS; POVERTY AREAS; QUESTIONNAIRES; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; UNITED STATES; URBAN POPULATION;

EID: 42149165463     PISSN: 0196206X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/DBP.0b013e31816a0d9e     Document Type: Article

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