Screening for psychosocial distress amongst war-affected children: Cross-cultural construct validity of the CPDS

Journal of Child Psychology and Psychiatry and Allied Disciplines

Volumn 50, Issue 4, 2009, Pages 514-523

  Jordans, M J D ^a,b   Komproe, I H ^a   Tol, W A ^a,b   De Jong, J T V M ^b,c  

^a Department of Research and Development   (Netherlands)

^b VU UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

^c BOSTON UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Children; Cross cultural validation; Psychosocial distress; Screening; War

Indexed keywords

ADAPTIVE BEHAVIOR; ADOLESCENT; ARTICLE; BURUNDI; CHILD; CHILD PSYCHOSOCIAL DISTRESS SCREENER; CONSTRUCT VALIDITY; CULTURAL ANTHROPOLOGY; FACTORIAL ANALYSIS; FEMALE; HEALTH PROGRAM; HUMAN; INDONESIA; INSTRUMENT; MALE; MENTAL STRESS; PSYCHOLOGIC TEST; PSYCHOSOCIAL CARE; PSYCHOTRAUMA; SCREENING; SRI LANKA; SUDAN; VALIDATION PROCESS; WAR; CHILD BEHAVIOR; CULTURAL FACTOR; HOSPITALIZATION; MASS SCREENING; METHODOLOGY; POVERTY; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; PSYCHOLOGICAL RATING SCALE; QUESTIONNAIRE; REPRODUCIBILITY; STANDARD; STATISTICS; VALIDATION STUDY;

ADAPTATION, PSYCHOLOGICAL; BURUNDI; CHILD; CHILD BEHAVIOR; CROSS-CULTURAL COMPARISON; CULTURAL CHARACTERISTICS; FACTOR ANALYSIS, STATISTICAL; FEMALE; HUMANS; INDONESIA; MALE; MASS SCREENING; POVERTY; PSYCHIATRIC STATUS RATING SCALES; QUESTIONNAIRES; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; SRI LANKA; STRESS, PSYCHOLOGICAL; SUDAN; WAR;

EID: 67651171637     PISSN: 00219630     EISSN: 14697610     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1469-7610.2008.02028.x     Document Type: Article

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