Emotional problems across development: examining measurement invariance across childhood, adolescence and early adulthood.
Emotional problems (anxiety, depression) are prevalent in children, adolescents and young adults with varying ages at onset. Studying developmental changes in emotional problems requires repeated assessments using the same or equivalent measures. The parent-rated Strengths and Difficulties Questionn...
| Publicado en: | European Child & Adolescent Psychiatry Vol. 33; no. 12; pp. 4237 - 4246 |
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Springer Nature
Dec2024
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