Cross-cultural assessment of childhood temperament: A confirmatory factor analysis of the French Emotionality Activity and Sociability (EAS) questionnaire

European Child and Adolescent Psychiatry

Volumn 11, Issue 3, 2002, Pages 101-107

  Gasman, I ^a   Purper Ouakil, D ^a   Michel, G ^a   Mouren Simeoni M C ^a   Bouvard, M ^b   Perez Diaz, F ^c   Jouvent, R ^c  

^a HÔPITAL ROBERT DEBRÉ   (France)

^b CENTRE HOSPITALIER CHARLES PERRENS   (France)

^c PITIÉ SALPÊTRIÈRE HOSPITAL   (France)

Author keywords

Child; Confirmatory analysis; Questionnaire; Temperament

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CHILDHOOD; EMOTION; FEMALE; FRANCE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PHYSICAL ACTIVITY; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PSYCHOMETRY; QUESTIONNAIRE; SCHOOL; SCHOOL CHILD; SCORING SYSTEM; SEX DIFFERENCE; SOCIAL INTERACTION; TEMPERAMENT;

CHILD; CHILD PSYCHOLOGY; CROSS-CULTURAL COMPARISON; EMOTIONS; FACTOR ANALYSIS, STATISTICAL; FEMALE; FRANCE; HUMANS; MALE; PARENTS; PERSONALITY ASSESSMENT; PERSONALITY INVENTORY; PSYCHOMETRICS; QUESTIONNAIRES; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; SOCIAL RESPONSIBILITY; TEMPERAMENT;

EID: 0036380204     PISSN: 10188827     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00787-002-0248-4     Document Type: Article

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