Conners' teacher rating scale for preschool children: A revised, brief, age-specific measure

Journal of Clinical Child and Adolescent Psychology

Volumn 38, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 263-272

  Purpura, David J ^a   Lonigan, Christopher J ^a  

^a FLORIDA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AGE; ARTICLE; ATTENTION DEFICIT DISORDER; BEHAVIOR DISORDER; CHILD; DIAGNOSTIC AND STATISTICAL MANUAL OF MENTAL DISORDERS; FEMALE; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; MALE; OBSERVER VARIATION; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; QUESTIONNAIRE; REPRODUCIBILITY; SOCIOECONOMICS; UNIVERSITY; VALIDATION STUDY;

AGE FACTORS; ATTENTION DEFICIT DISORDER WITH HYPERACTIVITY; CHILD; CHILD BEHAVIOR DISORDERS; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; DIAGNOSTIC AND STATISTICAL MANUAL OF MENTAL DISORDERS; FACULTY; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; OBSERVER VARIATION; QUESTIONNAIRES; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS;

EID: 67650189521     PISSN: 15374416     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/15374410802698446     Document Type: Article

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