Validity and reliability of the strengths and Difficulties Questionnaire in 5-6 year olds: Differences by gender or by parental education?

PLoS ONE

Volumn 7, Issue 5, 2012, Pages

  Mieloo, Cathelijne ^a,b   Raat, Hein ^b   van Oort, Floor ^b   Bevaart, Floor ^b   Vogel, Ineke ^b   Donker, Marianne ^b   Jansen, Wilma ^a,b  

^a Public Health Service of the Rotterdam Region   (Netherlands)

^b ERASMUS MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CHILD; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONCURRENT VALIDITY; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; CRONBACH ALPHA COEFFICIENT; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; FEMALE; HUMAN; INTERNAL CONSISTENCY; MALE; PARENT; PARENTING EDUCATION; PATIENT ASSESSMENT; PATIENT SATISFACTION; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PSYCHOSOCIAL DISORDER; QUESTIONNAIRE; RELIABILITY; SEX DIFFERENCE; STRENGTH AND DIFFICULTIES QUESTIONNAIRE; TEACHER; VALIDITY;

CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MASS SCREENING; MENTAL DISORDERS; PARENTS; PSYCHOMETRICS; QUESTIONNAIRES; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; SEX FACTORS;

EID: 84862094451     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19326203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0036805     Document Type: Article

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