Infant temperament at 6-9 months of age: Validity of the French version of the Infant Characteristics Questionnaire and factors associated with the measurement;Temperament des nourrissons ages de 6 a 9 mois: Validation de la version Francaise de l'Infant Characteristics Questionnaire et facteurs associes a la mesure

Revue d'Epidemiologie et de Sante Publique

Volumn 47, Issue 3, 1999, Pages 263-277

  Bertrais, S ^a   Larroque, B ^a   Bouvier Colle, M H ^a   Kaminski, M ^a  

^a INSERM   (France)

Author keywords

Infant Characteristics Questionnaire; Infants; Temperament; Validity

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CHILD GROWTH; FRANCE; MATERNITY WARD; PERCEPTION; QUESTIONNAIRE; RATING SCALE; RISK FACTOR; TEMPERAMENT; VALIDATION PROCESS; ADULT; AGE; ATTITUDE; CHILD PSYCHOLOGY; DELIVERY; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; FACTORIAL ANALYSIS; FEMALE; HEALTH STATUS; HUMAN; INFANT; LANGUAGE; MALE; METHODOLOGY; MOTHER; PARITY; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; PSYCHOMETRY; REPRODUCIBILITY; STANDARD;

ADULT; AGE FACTORS; ATTITUDE; CHILD PSYCHOLOGY; DELIVERY, OBSTETRIC; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; FACTOR ANALYSIS, STATISTICAL; FEMALE; FRANCE; HEALTH STATUS; HUMANS; INFANT; MALE; MOTHERS; PARITY; PSYCHOMETRICS; QUESTIONNAIRES; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; TEMPERAMENT; TRANSLATING;

EID: 0033012269     PISSN: 03987620     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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