The youth self report: Applicability and validity across younger and older youths

Journal of Clinical Child and Adolescent Psychology

Volumn 40, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 338-346

  Ebesutani, Chad ^a   Bernstein, Adam ^a   Martinez, Jonathan I ^a   Chorpita, Bruce F ^a   Weisz, John R ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b HARVARD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; AGE; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ARTICLE; CHILD; CHILD BEHAVIOR; EMOTION; FACTORIAL ANALYSIS; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; MENTAL DISEASE; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; PSYCHOMETRY; REPRODUCIBILITY; SELF REPORT; STANDARD; VALIDATION STUDY;

ADOLESCENT; ADOLESCENT BEHAVIOR; AGE FACTORS; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; CHILD; CHILD BEHAVIOR; EMOTIONS; FACTOR ANALYSIS, STATISTICAL; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MENTAL DISORDERS; PSYCHOMETRICS; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; SELF REPORT;

EID: 79952496871     PISSN: 15374416     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/15374416.2011.546041     Document Type: Article

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