Item analysis and differential item functioning of a brief conduct problem screen

Psychological Assessment

Volumn 24, Issue 2, 2012, Pages 444-454

  Wu, Johnny ^a   King, Kevin M ^a   Witkiewitz, Katie ^b   Racz, Sarah Jensen ^a   McMahon, Robert J ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

^b WASHINGTON STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c SIMON FRASER UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

Authority acceptance Scale; Conduct problems; Differential item functioning; Item response theory; Teacher observation of classroom adaptation revised

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; AUTHORITY ACCEPTANCE SCALE; CHILD; CONDUCT DISORDER; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIFFERENTIAL ITEM FUNCTIONING; FEMALE; GENDER; HUMAN; KINDERGARTEN; MALE; NAMED INVENTORIES, QUESTIONNAIRES AND RATING SCALES; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PSYCHOLOGIC ASSESSMENT; RACE; RATING SCALE; SEX DIFFERENCE; TEACHER OBSERVATION OF CLASSROOM ADAPTATION REVISED; URBAN AREA; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; BEHAVIOR DISORDER; CAUCASIAN; CHILD BEHAVIOR; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; DEMOGRAPHY; NEGRO; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; PSYCHOMETRY; QUESTIONNAIRE; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; SEX RATIO; SEXUAL DEVELOPMENT; STANDARD; STATISTICAL MODEL; STATISTICS; UNITED STATES; UNIVERSITY;

ADOLESCENT; AFRICAN CONTINENTAL ANCESTRY GROUP; CHILD; CHILD BEHAVIOR; CHILD BEHAVIOR DISORDERS; EUROPEAN CONTINENTAL ANCESTRY GROUP; FACULTY; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MODELS, STATISTICAL; PSYCHOMETRICS; QUESTIONNAIRES; RESIDENCE CHARACTERISTICS; SEX CHARACTERISTICS; SEX DISTRIBUTION; UNITED STATES; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84866886714     PISSN: 10403590     EISSN: 1939134X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1037/a0025831     Document Type: Article

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