title: Cross-cultural issues in research on child mental health.
abstract: This article describes and discusses the major challenges in cross-cultural research on child mental health. Based on a literature review, the article summarizes limitations of past research in this area. Possible conceptualization and operationalization of culture and approaches to derive cross-culturally equivalent methods are discussed.
authors.affiliation: Department of Child Psychiatry, University of Basel, Basel, Switzerland.
authors.forename: B
authors.initials: B
authors.lastname: Mohler
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D000296:Adolescent Psychiatry / Q000639:trends*; D002648:Child; D002665:Child Psychiatry / Q000639:trends*; D003431:Cross-Cultural Comparison; D005006:Ethnicity / Q000523:psychology; D005544:Forecasting; D006801:Humans; D010553:Personality Development; D012106:Research / Q000639:trends; D012307:Risk Factors