The Infant-Toddler Social and Emotional Assessment (ITSEA): Factor structure, reliability, and validity

Journal of Abnormal Child Psychology

Volumn 31, Issue 5, 2003, Pages 495-514

  Carter, Alice S ^a   Briggs Gowan, Margaret J ^b   Jones, Stephanie M ^b   Little, Todd D ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MASSACHUSETTS BOSTON   (United States)

^b YALE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF KANSAS   (United States)

Author keywords

Assessment; Behavior problems; Infant; Scale development; Social emotional competencies

Indexed keywords

ANXIETY DISORDER; ARTICLE; CHILD; CHILD BEHAVIOR; COMPETITIVE BEHAVIOR; DISTRESS SYNDROME; EMOTION; FEMALE; HUMAN; IMPULSIVENESS; INFANT; MALE; PARENT; PSYCHOMETRY; RELIABILITY; SEX DIFFERENCE; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR; TEMPERAMENT;

AFFECT; CHILD BEHAVIOR DISORDERS; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; FEMALE; HUMANS; INFANT; MALE; QUESTIONNAIRES; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR;

EID: 0141892151     PISSN: 00910627     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/A:1025449031360     Document Type: Article

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