The Verbal Behavior Assessment Scale (VerBAS): Construct validity, reliability, and internal consistency

Research in Developmental Disabilities

Volumn 20, Issue 5, 1999, Pages 347-353

  Duker, Pieter C ^a  

^a RADBOUD UNIVERSITY NIJMEGEN   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; CAREGIVER; CHILD; DEVELOPMENTAL DISORDER; FEMALE; HUMAN; INFANT; MALE; MENTAL DEFICIENCY; PSYCHOMETRY; RATING SCALE; RELIABILITY; VERBAL BEHAVIOR; VERBAL COMMUNICATION;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MENTAL RETARDATION; QUESTIONNAIRES; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; RESIDENTIAL TREATMENT; VERBAL BEHAVIOR;

EID: 0032886116     PISSN: 08914222     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0891-4222(99)00016-5     Document Type: Article

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