Mental Health
The Preschool Pediatric Symptom Checklist (PPSC): Development and Initial Validation of a New Social/Emotional Screening Instrument
This article describes the development and initial validation of the Preschool Pediatric Symptom Checklist (PPSC), a social/emotional screening instrument for children 18 to 60 months of age. The PPSC was created as part of a comprehensive screening instrument designed for pediatric primary care and is modeled after the Pediatric Symptom Checklist.The Importance of Early Parenting in At-Risk Families and Children’s Social-Emotional Adaptation to School
The aim of this study was to determine the specific aspects of early parenting in psychosocially at-risk families most strongly related to children’s social-emotional adaptation to school.
