Discrepancies between parent-child reports of internalizing problems among preadolescent children: Relationships with gender, ethnic background, and future internalizing problems

Journal of Early Adolescence

Volumn 31, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 443-462

  van de Looij Jansen, Petra M ^a   Jansen, Wilma ^a   de Wilde, Erik Jan ^b   Donker, Marianne C H ^a,c   Verhulst, Frank C ^c  

^a Public Health Service of the Rotterdam Region   (Netherlands)

^b Netherlands Youth Institute NJI   (Netherlands)

^c ERASMUS MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

adolescence; ethnicity; internalizing problems; longitudinal; parent child disagreement

Indexed keywords

EID: 79955809453     PISSN: 02724316     EISSN: 15525449     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0272431610366243     Document Type: Article

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