Measurement variability in infant and maternal behavioral assessment

Infant Behavior and Development

Volumn 25, Issue 4, 2002, Pages 413-432

  Bornstein, Marc H ^a  

^a NATIONAL INSTITUTES OF HEALTH   (United States)

Author keywords

Continuous coding; Infant mother interaction; Time sampling

Indexed keywords

ADULT; CHILD BEHAVIOR; CONTROLLED STUDY; CULTURAL ANTHROPOLOGY; EVALUATION; FEMALE; HUMAN; INFANT; MATERNAL BEHAVIOR; METHODOLOGY; REVIEW; SAMPLING; TIME;

EID: 0036958659     PISSN: 01636383     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0163-6383(02)00143-1     Document Type: Article

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