Reliability of self report questionnaires for epidemiological investigations of adolescent mental health in Cape Town, South Africa

Journal of Child and Adolescent Mental Health

Volumn 23, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 119-128

  Rothon, Catherine ^a   Stansfeld, Stephen A ^a   Mathews, Cathy ^b,c   Kleinhans, Arlene ^c   Clark, Charlotte ^a   Lund, Crick ^c   Flisher, Alan J ^c  

^a QUEEN MARY UNIVERSITY OF LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^b SOUTH AFRICAN MEDICAL RESEARCH COUNCIL   (South Africa)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CAPE TOWN   (South Africa)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADOLESCENT MENTAL HEALTH; ANXIETY DISORDER; ARTICLE; CORRELATION COEFFICIENT; FEMALE; HARVARD TRAUMA QUESTIONNAIRE; HUMAN; INTERNAL CONSISTENCY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MENTAL HEALTH; MULTIDIMENSIONAL SCALE OF PERCEIVED SOCIAL SUPPORT; PILOT STUDY; QUESTIONNAIRE; RATING SCALE; SELF ESTEEM QUESTIONNAIRE; SELF REPORT; SHORT MOOD AND FEELING QUESTIONNAIRE; SOCIAL STATUS; SOUTH AFRICA; TEST RETEST RELIABILITY; ZUNG SELF RATING ANXIETY SCALE;

EID: 84856317695     PISSN: 17280583     EISSN: 17280591     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2989/17280583.2011.634551     Document Type: Article

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