Social competence and emotional/behavioral problems in a birth cohort of Sami and Norwegian preadolescents in Arctic Norway as reported by mothers and teachers

Nordic Journal of Psychiatry

Volumn 63, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 178-187

  Javo, Cecilie ^a   Rønning, John A ^b   Handegård, Bjørn Helge ^b   Rudmin, Floyd W ^b  

^a Sami National Centre for Mental Health   (Norway)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TROMSØ   (Norway)

Author keywords

CBCL TRF; Child behavioral problems; Indigenous Sami; Preadolescent; Scandinavia

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BEHAVIOR DISORDER; CHILD; CHILD BEHAVIOR; CHILD BEHAVIOR CHECKLIST; COHORT ANALYSIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; EMOTIONAL DISORDER; ETHNIC DIFFERENCE; FEMALE; HUMAN; INDIGENOUS PEOPLE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MOTHER; NORWAY; QUESTIONNAIRE; RATING SCALE; SCHOOL CHILD; SEX DIFFERENCE; SOCIAL COMPETENCE; TEACHER; CHILD PSYCHIATRY; CULTURAL FACTOR; ETHNIC GROUP; FOLLOW UP; METHODOLOGY; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; SEX RATIO; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR; SOCIOECONOMICS; STATISTICS; UNIVERSITY;

AFFECTIVE SYMPTOMS; CHILD; CHILD BEHAVIOR; CHILD BEHAVIOR DISORDERS; CHILD PSYCHIATRY; COHORT STUDIES; CROSS-CULTURAL COMPARISON; ETHNIC GROUPS; FACULTY; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; MALE; MOTHERS; NORWAY; SEX DISTRIBUTION; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS;

EID: 66149091545     PISSN: 08039488     EISSN: 15024725     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/08039480902741752     Document Type: Article

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