Predicting PTSD from the Child Behavior Checklist: Data from a field study with children and adolescents in foster care

Children and Youth Services Review

Volumn 34, Issue 9, 2012, Pages 1689-1694

  Rosner, Rita ^a,b   Arnold, Josephine ^a   Groh, Eva Maria ^a   Hagl, Maria ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MUNICH   (Germany)

^b CATHOLIC UNIVERSITY OF EICHSTÄTT INGOLSTADT   (Germany)

Author keywords

Child Behavior Checklist; Foster children; Posttraumatic stress disorder; Screening

Indexed keywords

EID: 84863860739     PISSN: 01907409     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.childyouth.2012.04.019     Document Type: Article

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