Validation of the 'How I Think Questionnaire' in a Population of French-speaking Adolescents with Externalizing Behaviors

Behavioral Sciences and the Law

Volumn 30, Issue 2, 2012, Pages 196-210

  Plante, Nicolas ^a,b,c,d   Daigle, Marc S ^c,d   Gaumont, Chloé ^e   Charbonneau, Lucie ^f   Gibbs, John ^g   Barriga, Alvaro ^h  

^a BISHOP'S UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITÉ DU QUÉBEC À TROIS RIVIÈRES   (Canada)

^c Centre for Research and Intervention on Suicide and Euthanasia   (Canada)

^d Institut Philippe Pinel de Montreal   (Canada)

^e Association des Centres Jeunesse du Québec   (Canada)

^f Centre jeunesse de la Montérégie   (Canada)

^g OHIO STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^h SETON HILL UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ARTICLE; CANADA; COGNITION; FEMALE; HUMAN; JUVENILE DELINQUENCY; MALE; MENTAL DISEASE; PERSONALITY TEST; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; PSYCHOMETRY; QUESTIONNAIRE; STANDARD; VALIDATION STUDY;

ADOLESCENT; COGNITION; FEMALE; HUMANS; JUVENILE DELINQUENCY; MALE; MENTAL DISORDERS; PERSONALITY ASSESSMENT; PSYCHOMETRICS; QUEBEC; QUESTIONNAIRES;

EID: 84859761250     PISSN: 07353936     EISSN: 10990798     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/bsl.2001     Document Type: Article

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