The factor structure of the Strengths and Difficulties Questionnaire (SDQ) in Greek adolescents

Annals of General Psychiatry

Volumn 8, Issue , 2009, Pages 20-

  Giannakopoulos, George ^a   Tzavara, Chara ^a   Dimitrakaki, Christine ^a   Kolaitis, Gerasimos ^a   Rotsika, Vasiliki ^b   Tountas, Yannis ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ATHENS MEDICAL SCHOOL   (Greece)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ATHENS   (Greece)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADOLESCENT HEALTH; ARTICLE; ATTENTION DISTURBANCE; BEHAVIOR DISORDER; CHILD; CHILD PSYCHIATRY; CONDUCT DISORDER; CONTROLLED STUDY; EMOTIONAL DISORDER; FACTORIAL ANALYSIS; FEMALE; GREECE; HUMAN; HYPERACTIVITY; INTERNAL CONSISTENCY; MALE; PEER GROUP; QUESTIONNAIRE; SCHOOL CHILD; SCREENING TEST; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR; SOCIOECONOMICS; STRENGTHS AND DIFFICULTIES QUESTIONNAIRE;

EID: 71049133002     PISSN: None     EISSN: 1744859X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1744-859X-8-20     Document Type: Article

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