The influence of contextual information on lay judgments of childhood mental health concerns

Psychological Assessment

Volumn 26, Issue 4, 2014, Pages 1268-1280

  Marsh, Jessecae K ^a   de Los Reyes, Andres ^b   Wallerstein, Alexa ^a  

^a LEHIGH UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND   (United States)

Author keywords

ADHD; Clinical decision making; Conduct disorder; Context effects; Lay judgments

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; ATTENTION DEFICIT DISORDER; ATTITUDE TO MENTAL ILLNESS; CHILDHOOD DISEASE; CONDUCT DISORDER; CONTEXTUAL INFORMATION; DECISION MAKING; HEALTH CARE NEED; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; INFORMATION; MENTAL DISEASE; MENTAL HEALTH CARE; NORMAL HUMAN; SYMPTOM ASSESSMENT; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; CHILD; FEMALE; MALE; MENTAL DISORDERS; PSYCHOLOGY; STUDENT;

ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; CHILD; DECISION MAKING; FEMALE; HUMANS; JUDGMENT; MALE; MENTAL DISORDERS; STUDENTS;

EID: 84907705911     PISSN: 10403590     EISSN: 1939134X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1037/pas0000012     Document Type: Article

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