The application of the preschool child behavior checklist and the Caregiver-Teacher Report Form to Mainland Chinese children: Syndrome structure, gender differences, country effects, and inter-informant agreement

Journal of Abnormal Child Psychology

Volumn 39, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 251-264

  Liu, Jianghong ^a   Cheng, Halina ^b   Leung, Patrick W L ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA   (United States)

^b CHINESE UNIVERSITY OF HONG KONG   (Hong Kong)

Author keywords

CBCL; CFA; Chinese children; Confirmatory factor analysis; Cross cultural; Externalizing; Internalizing; Preschool; Validation

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; ASIAN; BEHAVIOR DISORDER; CHECKLIST; CHILD BEHAVIOR; CHINA; CULTURAL FACTOR; FACTORIAL ANALYSIS; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; SEX DIFFERENCE; SEXUAL DEVELOPMENT; VALIDATION STUDY;

ASIAN CONTINENTAL ANCESTRY GROUP; CHECKLIST; CHILD BEHAVIOR; CHILD BEHAVIOR DISORDERS; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; CHINA; CROSS-CULTURAL COMPARISON; FACTOR ANALYSIS, STATISTICAL; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; SEX CHARACTERISTICS; SEX FACTORS;

EID: 79952484062     PISSN: 00910627     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10802-010-9452-8     Document Type: Article

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