The Strengths and Difficulties Questionnaire: The Self-Report Version in American Urban and Suburban Youth

Psychological Assessment

Volumn 20, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 175-182

  Ruchkin, Vladislav ^a,b,c   Jones, Stephanie ^d   Vermeiren, Robert ^a,e   Schwab Stone, Mary ^a  

^a YALE UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b KAROLINSKA INSTITUTE   (Sweden)

^c Skonviks Psychiatric Clinic   (Sweden)

^d FORDHAM UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^e LEIDEN UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

American adolescents; SDQ; self report; validation

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ARTICLE; CONDUCT DISORDER; CONTROLLED STUDY; EMOTIONAL DISORDER; FEMALE; HUMAN; HYPERACTIVITY; MALE; PEER PRESSURE; PSYCHOMETRY; QUESTIONNAIRE; RATING SCALE; SELF REPORT; SUBURBAN AREA; URBAN AREA;

ADAPTATION, PSYCHOLOGICAL; ADOLESCENT; ADOLESCENT BEHAVIOR; ADOLESCENT PSYCHOLOGY; EUROPEAN CONTINENTAL ANCESTRY GROUP; FACTOR ANALYSIS, STATISTICAL; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MENTAL DISORDERS; MINORITY GROUPS; PEER GROUP; PSYCHOMETRICS; QUESTIONNAIRES; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; SELF ASSESSMENT (PSYCHOLOGY); SELF DISCLOSURE; STRESS, PSYCHOLOGICAL; SUBURBAN POPULATION; UNITED STATES; URBAN POPULATION;

EID: 45749128206     PISSN: 10403590     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1037/1040-3590.20.2.175     Document Type: Article

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