Psychometric characteristics of the children's motivation scale

Psychiatry Research

Volumn 63, Issue 2-3, 1996, Pages 205-217

  Gerring, Joan P ^a,b   Freund, Lisa ^a,b   Gerson, Arlene C ^a,b   Joshi, Paramjit T ^b   Capozzoli, Joseph ^b   Frosch, Emily ^b   Brady, Kathy ^a,b   Marin, Robert S ^c   Denckla, Martha B ^a,b  

^a KENNEDY KRIEGER INSTITUTE   (United States)

^b JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF PITTSBURGH   (United States)

Author keywords

Apathy; Child psychiatric symptoms; Reliability; Validity

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ARTICLE; CHILD; CHILDHOOD; HUMAN; MOTIVATION; NORMAL HUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RATING SCALE;

EID: 0030608092     PISSN: 01651781     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/0165-1781(96)02841-7     Document Type: Article

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