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In this chapter, I will present a body of work that I call “multiaxial empirically based assessment.” In explaining this notion, I will first summarize previous work that has posed new challenges that were not so evident before. Thereafter, I will present recent innovations designed to meet these challenges. For brevity, I will use the term “children” to include adolescents.
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Achenbach, T.M. (1992). New Developments in Multiaxial Empirically Based Assessment of Child and Adolescent Psychopathology. In: Rosen, J.C., McReynolds, P. (eds) Advances in Psychological Assessment. Advances in Psychological Assessment, vol 8. Springer, Boston, MA. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4757-9101-3_3
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