An Experimental Test of Whether Informants can Report About Child and Family Behavior Based on Settings of Behavioral Expression

Journal of Child and Family Studies

Volumn 22, Issue 2, 2013, Pages 177-191

  de Los Reyes, Andres ^a   Ehrlich, Katherine B ^b   Swan, Anna J ^a   Luo, Tana J ^a   van Wie, Michael ^a   Pabón, Shairy C ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Attribution Bias Context Model; Correspondence; Disagreement; Informant discrepancies; Multiple informants; Setting Sensitive Assessment

Indexed keywords

EID: 84872647941     PISSN: 10621024     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10826-012-9567-3     Document Type: Article

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