Multitrait–Multimethod Analysis of the Strengths and Difficulties Questionnaire in Young Asian American Children

Assessment

Volumn 23, Issue 5, 2016, Pages 603-613

  Yu, Jing ^a   Sun, Shuyan ^a   Cheah, Charissa S L ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND BALTIMORE COUNTY   (United States)

Author keywords

Asian American children; confirmatory factor analysis; convergent and discriminant validity; multitrait multimethod; reliability; Strengths and Difficulties Questionnaire

Indexed keywords

ASIAN AMERICAN; CHILD; EMOTION; HUMAN; PSYCHOLOGY; PSYCHOMETRY; QUESTIONNAIRE; REPRODUCIBILITY;

ASIAN AMERICANS; CHILD; EMOTIONS; HUMANS; PSYCHOMETRICS; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; SURVEYS AND QUESTIONNAIRES;

EID: 84984820100     PISSN: 10731911     EISSN: 15523489     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/1073191115586459     Document Type: Article

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