Development and validation of a questionnaire for measuring behavior and temperament traits in pet dogs

Journal of the American Veterinary Medical Association

Volumn 223, Issue 9, 2003, Pages 1293-1300

  Hsu, Yuying ^a,b   Serpell, James A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA   (United States)

^b NATIONAL TAIWAN NORMAL UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL BEHAVIOR; ARTICLE; BEHAVIOR DISORDER; DOG; DOMESTIC ANIMAL; FACTORIAL ANALYSIS; HUMAN; NONHUMAN; QUESTIONNAIRE; RELIABILITY; TEMPERAMENT; TREATMENT OUTCOME; VALIDATION PROCESS;

AGGRESSION; ANIMALS; BEHAVIOR, ANIMAL; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; DOGS; FACTOR ANALYSIS, STATISTICAL; FEMALE; MALE; QUESTIONNAIRES; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; TEMPERAMENT;

ANIMALIA; CANIS FAMILIARIS;

EID: 0242331760     PISSN: 00031488     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2460/javma.2003.223.1293     Document Type: Article

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