Measuring change in the behavioural severity of canine compulsive disorder: The construct validity of categories of change derived from two rating scales

Applied Animal Behaviour Science

Volumn 60, Issue 1, 1998, Pages 55-68

  Hewson, C J ^a   Luescher, U A ^a   Ball, R O ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GUELPH   (Canada)

Author keywords

Compulsive disorder; Construct validity; Emancipation

Indexed keywords

EID: 0032191472     PISSN: 01681591     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0168-1591(98)00145-2     Document Type: Article

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