Assessing emotional and behavioural problems in children: Factors associated with multiple informant consistency in New Zealand

New Zealand Journal of Psychology

Volumn 37, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 10-16

  Clay, Heather ^a   Surgenor, Lois J ^b,c   Frampton, Christopher M ^b  

^a Caterbury District Health Board ^*

^b UNIVERSITY OF OTAGO   (New Zealand)

^c UNIVERSITY OF OTAGO   (New Zealand)

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