Evaluation of the generalizability (reliability and validity) of analog functional assessment methodology

Behavior Therapy

Volumn 30, Issue 1, 1999, Pages 31-50

  Anderson, Cynthia M ^a   Freeman, Kurt A ^b   Scotti, Joseph R ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEBRASKA MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b NONE

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BEHAVIOR; BEHAVIOR DISORDER; CASE REPORT; CHILD; FEMALE; FUNCTIONAL ASSESSMENT; HUMAN; INTERVIEW; MALE; MENTAL DEFICIENCY; RELIABILITY; VALIDATION PROCESS;

EID: 0032989985     PISSN: 00057894     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0005-7894(99)80044-6     Document Type: Article

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