Confirmatory factor analysis of the Child Behavior Checklist 1.5-5 in a sample of children with autism spectrum disorders

Journal of Autism and Developmental Disorders

Volumn 39, Issue 7, 2009, Pages 986-995

  Pandolfi, Vincent ^a   Magyar, Caroline I ^b   Dill, Charles A ^c  

^a ROCHESTER INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ROCHESTER SCHOOL OF MEDICINE AND DENTISTRY   (United States)

^c HOFSTRA UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

ASD; Autism spectrum disorder; CBCL; Child Behavior Checklist 1.5 5; Emotional and behavioral disorder; Factor analysis

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; AUTISM; BEHAVIOR DISORDER; CHILD; CHILD BEHAVIOR; CHILD BEHAVIOR CHECKLIST; CLINICAL EVALUATION; CLINICAL STUDY; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; FACTORIAL ANALYSIS; FEMALE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PATIENT IDENTIFICATION; PEDIATRICS; PHYSICIAN; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PSYCHOMETRY; UNITED STATES; EVALUATION; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; PSYCHOLOGICAL RATING SCALE; REPRODUCIBILITY; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR; VALIDATION STUDY;

AUTISTIC DISORDER; CHILD BEHAVIOR DISORDERS; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; FACTOR ANALYSIS, STATISTICAL; HUMANS; MALE; PSYCHIATRIC STATUS RATING SCALES; PSYCHOMETRICS; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR;

EID: 70349579140     PISSN: 01623257     EISSN: 15733432     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10803-009-0716-5     Document Type: Article

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