Measuring adaptive behavior in inpatient neuropsychiatry: The behavioural assessment scale

Assessment

Volumn 8, Issue 2, 2001, Pages 119-126

  Iverson, Grant L ^a,b   Woodward, Todd S ^b,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BRITISH COLUMBIA   (Canada)

^b RIVERVIEW HOSPITAL   (Canada)

^c UNIVERSITY OF VICTORIA   (Canada)

Author keywords

Behavioural Assessment Scale; Factor analysis; Nursing Rating Scale; Reliability; Validity

Indexed keywords

ADAPTIVE BEHAVIOR; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; DAILY LIFE ACTIVITY; DEMENTIA; FACTORIAL ANALYSIS; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN RELATION; INTERPERSONAL COMMUNICATION; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; PSYCHOMETRY; REPRODUCIBILITY;

ACTIVITIES OF DAILY LIVING; ADAPTATION, PSYCHOLOGICAL; ADULT; AGED; COMMUNICATION; DEMENTIA; FACTOR ANALYSIS, STATISTICAL; FEMALE; HUMANS; INTERPERSONAL RELATIONS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PSYCHOMETRICS; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS;

EID: 0035378718     PISSN: 10731911     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/107319110100800201     Document Type: Article

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