The Relevance of Informant Discrepancies for the Assessment of Adolescent Personality Pathology

Clinical Psychology: Science and Practice

Volumn 20, Issue 4, 2013, Pages 378-392

  Tackett, Jennifer L ^a   Herzhoff, Kathrin ^a   Reardon, Kathleen W ^a   Smack, Avante J ^a   Kushner, Shauna C ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HOUSTON   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

Author keywords

Adolescent personality pathology; Assessment; Externalizing problems; Informant discrepancies; Internalizing problems

Indexed keywords

EID: 84889649135     PISSN: 09695893     EISSN: 14682850     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/cpsp.12048     Document Type: Article

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