Informant discrepancies in clinical reports of youths and interviewers' impressions of the reliability of informants

Journal of Child and Adolescent Psychopharmacology

Volumn 21, Issue 5, 2011, Pages 417-424

  De Los Reyes, Andres ^a   Youngstrom, Eric A ^b   Swan, Anna J ^a   Youngstrom, Jennifer K ^b   Feeny, Norah C ^c   Findling, Robert L ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND   (United States)

^b University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill   (United States)

^c CASE WESTERN RESERVE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY HOSPITALS OF CLEVELAND   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; CHILD; CHILD BEHAVIOR; CHILD BEHAVIOR CHECKLIST; DEMOGRAPHY; DISEASE SEVERITY; EMOTION; FEMALE; HUMAN; INFORMATION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PARENT; RELIABILITY; REVIEW; SCHOOL CHILD; SELF REPORT; STRUCTURED INTERVIEW;

ADOLESCENT; CHILD; CHILD BEHAVIOR DISORDERS; EMOTIONS; FEMALE; HUMANS; INTERVIEWS AS TOPIC; LOGISTIC MODELS; MALE; MENTAL DISORDERS; PARENTS; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS;

EID: 80155145161     PISSN: 10445463     EISSN: 15578992     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1089/cap.2011.0011     Document Type: Review

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