Children's depression, gender and age norms for an Irish national (primary) school population

Irish Journal of Psychological Medicine

Volumn 25, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 88-94

  Meehan, Fiona ^a,b   Houghton, Frank ^c   Cowley, Hilary ^a   Houghton, Sharon ^a   Kelleher, Kevin ^a  

^a HEALTH SERVICE EXECUTIVE   (Ireland)

^b Children s Research Network   (Ireland)

^c Athletic Rehabilitation Therapy Ireland   (Ireland)

Author keywords

Age norms; Children's depression inventory parent form (CDI P); Children's depression inventory short form (CDI S); Gender; Primary school population; Self report

Indexed keywords

EID: 81455159087     PISSN: 07909667     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S0790966700011071     Document Type: Article

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