Understanding discrepancies in parent-child reporting of emotional and behavioural problems: Effects of relational and socio-demographic factors

BMC Psychiatry

Volumn 10, Issue , 2010, Pages

  Van Roy, Betty ^a,b   Groholt, Berit ^a   Heyerdahl, Sonja ^c   Clench Aas, Jocelyne ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OSLO   (Norway)

^b AKERSHUS UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Norway)

^c ULLEVÅL UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Norway)

^d NORWEGIAN INSTITUTE OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (Norway)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ARTICLE; BEHAVIOR DISORDER; CHILD; CHILD BEHAVIOR; CHILD PARENT RELATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEMOGRAPHY; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; EMOTIONAL DISORDER; FAMILY ASSESSMENT; FEMALE; HUMAN; INTERPERSONAL COMMUNICATION; LOWEST INCOME GROUP; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PRIMARY SCHOOL; PSYCHOLOGIC TEST; QUALITATIVE ANALYSIS; SCHOOL CHILD; SELF REPORT; SEX DIFFERENCE; SOCIAL PROBLEM; STRENGTH AND DIFFICULTY QUESTIONNAIRE; ADULT; AGE; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; COMPARATIVE STUDY; FAMILY SIZE; PARENT; POVERTY; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; QUESTIONNAIRE; RISK FACTOR; SICKNESS IMPACT PROFILE; STATISTICAL MODEL; STATISTICS;

ADULT; AFFECTIVE SYMPTOMS; AGE FACTORS; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; CHILD; CHILD BEHAVIOR DISORDERS; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; FAMILY CHARACTERISTICS; FEMALE; HUMANS; LOGISTIC MODELS; MALE; PARENT-CHILD RELATIONS; PARENTS; POVERTY; QUESTIONNAIRES; RISK FACTORS; SEX FACTORS; SICKNESS IMPACT PROFILE;

EID: 77954555395     PISSN: None     EISSN: 1471244X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1471-244X-10-56     Document Type: Article

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