The development of the School Function Assessment - Chinese version for cross-cultural use in Taiwan

Occupational Therapy International

Volumn 11, Issue 1, 2004, Pages 26-39

  Hwang, Jeng Liang ^a   Nochajski, Susan M ^b   Linn, Richard T ^c   Wu, Yow Wu B ^b  

^a CITY UNIVERSITY OF NEW YORK   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY AT BUFFALO   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY AT BUFFALO   (United States)

Author keywords

Cross cultural assessment; Rasch analysis; School Function Assessment; Translation

Indexed keywords

ACADEMIC ACHIEVEMENT; ADAPTIVE BEHAVIOR; ADOLESCENT; ARTICLE; AUTISM; BEHAVIOR DISORDER; BLINDNESS; CHILD; CHILD BEHAVIOR; CHINESE; CLINICAL PROTOCOL; CONTROLLED STUDY; CULTURAL FACTOR; DEVELOPMENTAL DISORDER; DISABILITY; EXPERIMENTAL MODEL; FEMALE; FUNCTIONAL ASSESSMENT; HEARING IMPAIRMENT; HUMAN; LANGUAGE DISABILITY; LEARNING DISORDER; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MENTAL DEFICIENCY; OCCUPATIONAL THERAPIST; PILOT STUDY; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; PSYCHOMETRY; SKILL; STANDARDIZATION; TAIWAN; VISUAL IMPAIRMENT;

ADOLESCENT; APTITUDE TESTS; CHILD; CULTURAL CHARACTERISTICS; FEMALE; GUIDELINES; HUMANS; LANGUAGE; MALE; OCCUPATIONAL THERAPY; PSYCHOMETRICS; QUESTIONNAIRES; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; TAIWAN;

EID: 1842425915     PISSN: 09667903     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/oti.195     Document Type: Article

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