The structure and prevalence of behavioral problems in Hong Kong preschool children

Nearly all 3-year-old Chinese children in Hong Kong attend preschool facilities, making it possible to study their behavior in a group learning situation based upon teachers' perception. The Preschool Behavior Checklist (PBCL), a teacher's questionnaire, was applied to a random sample of 8...

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Published in:Journal of abnormal child psychology 1991-04, Vol.19 (2), p.219-232
Main Authors: Luk, S L, Leung, P W, Bacon-Shone, J, Lieh-Mak, F
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Affective Symptoms - diagnosis
Affective Symptoms - epidemiology
Behavior
Behavior Disorders
Behavior Rating Scales
Biological and medical sciences
Check Lists
Child Behavior Disorders - diagnosis
Child Behavior Disorders - epidemiology
Child, Preschool
Children & youth
Cross-Cultural Comparison
Cross-Sectional Studies
Factor Structure
Female
Group Instruction
Hong Kong - epidemiology
Humans
Incidence
Male
Medical sciences
Personality Assessment - statistics & numerical data
Preschool children
Preschool education
Psychiatric epidemiology
Psychology. Psychoanalysis. Psychiatry
Psychometrics
Psychopathology. Psychiatry
Social Environment
Social psychiatry. Ethnopsychiatry
Social research
Tropical medicine
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Check Lists
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Psychopathology. Psychiatry
Social Environment
Social psychiatry. Ethnopsychiatry
Social research
Tropical medicine
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