Parent and child agreement on reports of problem behaviour obtained from a screening questionnaire, the SDQ

European Child and Adolescent Psychiatry

Volumn 17, Issue 8, 2008, Pages 491-497

  Van Der Meer, Marije ^a   Dixon, Angela ^b   Rose, Donna ^b  

^a VU UNIVERSITY AMSTERDAM   (Netherlands)

^b CHILDREN S HOSPITAL AT WESTMEAD   (Australia)

Author keywords

Diagnosis; Parent child agreement; Strengths and difficulties questionnaire (SDQ)

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ANXIETY DISORDER; ARTICLE; BEHAVIOR DISORDER; CHILD; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; MENTAL HEALTH; MOOD DISORDER; PARENT; PSYCHIATRIC DIAGNOSIS; PSYCHOLOGIC ASSESSMENT; QUESTIONNAIRE; SCHOOL CHILD; SELF REPORT; SOMATOFORM DISORDER; STRENGTHS AND DIFFICULTIES QUESTIONNAIRE;

ADOLESCENT; CHILD; CHILD BEHAVIOR DISORDERS; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; NEW SOUTH WALES; PARENT-CHILD RELATIONS; PARENTS; PSYCHOMETRICS; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; SELF ASSESSMENT (PSYCHOLOGY); SEX DISTRIBUTION;

EID: 58549117293     PISSN: 10188827     EISSN: 1435165X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00787-008-0691-y     Document Type: Article

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