Reliability and validity of the HoNOS-LD and HoNOS in a Sample of Individuals with Mild to Borderline Intellectual Disability and Severe Emotional and Behavior Disorders

Journal of Mental Health Research in Intellectual Disabilities

Volumn 2, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 188-200

  Tenneij, Nienke ^a   Didden, Robert ^b   Veltkamp, Eline ^c   Koot, Hans M ^a  

^a VU UNIVERSITY AMSTERDAM   (Netherlands)

^b RADBOUD UNIVERSITY NIJMEGEN   (Netherlands)

^c Altrecht Mental Health Care ^*  (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Emotional and behavioral disorders; HoNOS; HoNOS LD; Mild to borderline intellectual disability; Reliability; Validity

Indexed keywords

EID: 85009593202     PISSN: 19315864     EISSN: 19315872     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/19315860902741534     Document Type: Article

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