Some psychometric properties of the ghent parental behavior scale

European Journal of Psychological Assessment

Volumn 20, Issue 4, 2004, Pages 283-298

  Van Leeuwen, Karla G ^a   Vermulst, Ad A ^b  

^a GHENT UNIVERSITY   (Belgium)

^b RADBOUD UNIVERSITY NIJMEGEN   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Child behavior checklist; Childhood; Factor analysis; Parenting skills; Questionnaire; Stress

Indexed keywords

EID: 9344254913     PISSN: 10155759     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1027/1015-5759.20.4.283     Document Type: Article

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