Teacher ratings of children's behavior problems and functional impairment across gender and ethnicity: Construct equivalence of the strengths and difficulties questionnaire

Journal of Cross-Cultural Psychology

Volumn 42, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 466-481

  Zwirs, Barbara ^a,b   Burger, Huibert ^b,c   Schulpen, Tom ^d   Vermulst, A A ^e   HiraSing, R A ^f   Buitelaar, Jan ^g  

^a ERASMUS UNIVERSITY ROTTERDAM   (Netherlands)

^b UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER UTRECHT   (Netherlands)

^c UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER GRONINGEN   (Netherlands)

^d UTRECHT UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

^e RADBOUD UNIVERSITY NIJMEGEN   (Netherlands)

^f VU UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

^g RADBOUD UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

construct equivalence; ethnicity; gender; impairment; SDQ; Strengths and Difficulties Questionnaire

Indexed keywords

EID: 79953182329     PISSN: 00220221     EISSN: 15525422     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0022022110362752     Document Type: Article

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