Behavioral/Emotional Problems of Preschoolers: Caregiver/Teacher Reports From 15 Societies

Leslie A Rescorla1, Thomas M Achenbach1, Masha Y Ivanova1

  • 1Leslie A. Rescorla, PhD (Bryn Mawr College); Thomas M. Achenbach, PhD, and Masha Y. Ivanova, PhD (University of Vermont); Niels Bilenberg, MD, PhD, Solvejg Kristensen, MHSc (University of Southern Denmark); Gudrun Bjarnadottir, PhD (Glaesibaer & Arbaer Health Clinics, Iceland); Silvia Denner, PhD (Dortmund University, Germany); Pedro Dias, PhD, and Bárbara César Machado, PhD (Catholic University of Portugal); Anca Dobrean, PhD (Babes-Bolyai University, Romania); Manfred Döpfner, PhD, and Julia Plück, PhD (University of Cologne, Germany); Alessandra Frigerio, PhD, and Rosario Montirosso, MSc (Scientific Institute "E. Medea," Bosisio Parini [LC], Italy); Miguel Gonçalves, PhD (University of Minho, Portugal); Halldór Guđmundsson, MA (University of Iceland); Roma Jusiene, PhD (Vilnius University, Lithuania); Felipe Lecannelier, MA, Sofia P. Löbel, Paola A. Mas, Jorge T. Rodriguez, and Pamela O. Rojas (University of Desarrollo, Chile); Patrick W. L. Leung, PhD (Chinese University of Hong Kong); Jianghong Liu, PhD (University of Pennsylvania); Jasminka Markovic (Clinical Center of Vojvodina, Serbia); Elaheh Mohammad Esmaeili, PhD (Tehran Research Institute for Education, Iran); Adelina Ahmeti Pronaj and Mimoza Shahini, MD (University Clinical Center of Kosovo); Klaus Schmeck (Psychiatric University Hospitals-Basel, Switzerland); Jaime R. Silva, PhD (Universidad de la Frontera, Chile); Jan van der Ende, MA, and Frank C. Verhulst, MD, PhD (Erasmus University Medical Center-Sophia Children's Hospital, The Netherlands).

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