Deconstructing the PDD clinical phenotype: Internal validity of the DSM-IV

Journal of Child Psychology and Psychiatry and Allied Disciplines

Volumn 50, Issue 10, 2009, Pages 1246-1254

  Lecavalier, Luc ^a   Gadow, Kenneth D ^b   DeVincent, C J ^b,c   Houts, Carrie ^a   Edwards, Michael C ^a  

^a OHIO STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b STATE UNIVERSITY OF NEW YORK   (United States)

^c THE OHIO STATE UNIVERSITY WEXNER MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Autism; Factor analysis; Nosology; Pervasive developmental disorder; Psychiatric disorder; Validity

Indexed keywords

ANALYTIC METHOD; ARTICLE; AUTISM; CHILD; CLINICAL ASSESSMENT; COMMUNICATION SKILL; DIAGNOSTIC AND STATISTICAL MANUAL OF MENTAL DISORDERS; FEMALE; HUMAN; INTELLIGENCE QUOTIENT; INTERNAL VALIDITY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PERVASIVE DEVELOPMENTAL DISORDER NOT OTHERWISE SPECIFIED; PHENOTYPE; PRESCHOOL CHILD; RATING SCALE; SCHOOL CHILD;

CHILD; CHILD DEVELOPMENT DISORDERS, PERVASIVE; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; DIAGNOSTIC AND STATISTICAL MANUAL OF MENTAL DISORDERS; FACTOR ANALYSIS, STATISTICAL; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MODELS, PSYCHOLOGICAL; NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TESTS; NEW YORK CITY; PSYCHOMETRICS; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS;

EID: 70449588983     PISSN: 00219630     EISSN: 14697610     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1469-7610.2009.02104.x     Document Type: Article

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