The Child Behavior Scale (CBS) Revisited: A Longitudinal Evaluation of CBS Subscales With Children, Preadolescents, and Adolescents

Psychological Assessment

Volumn 21, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 325-339

  Ladd, Gary W ^a,b   Herald Brown, Sarah L ^c   Andrews, Rebecca K ^b  

^a School of Social and Family Dynamics   (United States)

^b ARIZONA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c INDIANA UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA   (United States)

Author keywords

child behavior; externalizing problems; internalizing problems; peer relations; prosocial behavior

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ARTICLE; CHILD; CHILD BEHAVIOR; CHILD BEHAVIOR SCALE; CONSTRUCT VALIDITY; CONTROLLED STUDY; CRITERION RELATED VALIDITY; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; LONGITUDINAL STUDY; MALE; PEER GROUP; PSYCHOLOGIC ASSESSMENT; PSYCHOLOGICAL RATING SCALE; PSYCHOMETRY; RISK ASSESSMENT; SOCIAL COMPETENCE;

ADOLESCENT; ADOLESCENT BEHAVIOR; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; CHILD BEHAVIOR; CHILD BEHAVIOR DISORDERS; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; FEMALE; HUMANS; INTERNAL-EXTERNAL CONTROL; INTERPERSONAL RELATIONS; LONGITUDINAL STUDIES; MALE; MENTAL DISORDERS; PEER GROUP; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; PSYCHOMETRICS; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR;

EID: 70249142465     PISSN: 10403590     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1037/a0016205     Document Type: Article

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