Colorado Learning Difficulties Questionnaire: Validation of a Parent-Report Screening Measure

Psychological Assessment

Volumn 23, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 778-791

  Willcutt, Erik G ^a   Boada, Richard ^b,c   Riddle, Margaret W ^c   Chhabildas, Nomita ^a   DeFries, John C ^a   Pennington, Bruce F ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF COLORADO   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF COLORADO   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF DENVER   (United States)

Author keywords

Learning; Math; Rating scale; Reading; Screening

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CHILD; COLORADO LEARNING DIFFICULTY QUESTIONNAIRE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; FEMALE; HUMAN; LEARNING DISORDER; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MATHEMATICS; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PROCESS DEVELOPMENT; PSYCHOLOGIC ASSESSMENT; PSYCHOLOGICAL RATING SCALE; QUESTIONNAIRE; READING; SCREENING TEST; SOCIAL COGNITION; SOCIAL PHOBIA; SPATIAL ORIENTATION;

ADOLESCENT; ATTENTION DEFICIT DISORDER WITH HYPERACTIVITY; CHILD; DEPRESSION; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; FACTOR ANALYSIS, STATISTICAL; FEMALE; HUMANS; LEARNING DISORDERS; MALE; MATHEMATICS; OBSERVER VARIATION; PARENTS; PSYCHOLOGICAL TESTS; QUESTIONNAIRES; READING; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; SOCIAL ADJUSTMENT;

EID: 80052674341     PISSN: 10403590     EISSN: 1939134X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1037/a0023290     Document Type: Article

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