How far are associations between child, family and community factors and child psychopathology informant-specific and informant-general?

Journal of Child Psychology and Psychiatry and Allied Disciplines

Volumn 50, Issue 5, 2009, Pages 571-580

  Collishaw, Stephan ^a   Goodman, Robert ^a   Ford, Tamsin ^b   Rabe Hesketh, Sophia ^c   Pickles, Andrew ^d  

^a KING'S COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^b PENINSULA MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF MANCHESTER   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Child mental health; Correlates; Epidemiology; Inter informant agreement

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ARTICLE; CHILD; CHILD HEALTH; FAMILY FUNCTIONING; FEMALE; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MENTAL CAPACITY; MENTAL DISEASE; MENTAL HEALTH; NEIGHBOR JOINING METHOD; PARENT; PARENTAL STRESS; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PSYCHOLOGIC ASSESSMENT; QUESTIONNAIRE; RATING SCALE; SCHOOL CHILD; SEX DIFFERENCE; SOCIOECONOMICS; TEACHER; BEHAVIOR DISORDER; COMMUNITY CARE; PERSONALITY TEST; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; SOCIAL ENVIRONMENT;

ADOLESCENT; CHILD; CHILD BEHAVIOR DISORDERS; COMMUNITY HEALTH SERVICES; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; PERSONALITY ASSESSMENT; PSYCHOPATHOLOGY; QUESTIONNAIRES; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; SEX FACTORS; SOCIAL ENVIRONMENT; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS;

EID: 68849120308     PISSN: 00219630     EISSN: 14697610     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1469-7610.2008.02026.x     Document Type: Article

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