The Brief Infant-Toddler Social and Emotional Assessment: Screening for Social-Emotional Problems and Delays in Competence

Journal of Pediatric Psychology

Volumn 29, Issue 2, 2004, Pages 143-155

  Briggs Gowan, Margaret J ^a   Carter, Alice S ^b   Irwin, Julia R ^c   Wachtel, Karen ^b   Cicchetti, Domenic V ^d  

^a YALE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MASSACHUSETTS BOSTON   (United States)

^c HASKINS LABORATORIES   (United States)

^d YALE UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Behavior problems; Competence; Infant toddler; Screener; Social emotional problems

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BEHAVIOR DISORDER; BRIEF INFANT TODDLER SOCIAL AND EMOTIONAL ASSESSMENT; CHILD BEHAVIOR; COMPETENCE; EMOTIONAL DISORDER; FEMALE; HUMAN; INFANT; INTERPERSONAL COMMUNICATION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PARENT; PRESCHOOL CHILD; RELIABILITY; SCREENING TEST; SOCIOPATHY; VALIDATION PROCESS;

CHILD BEHAVIOR DISORDERS; CHILD DEVELOPMENT DISORDERS, PERVASIVE; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; CONNECTICUT; FEMALE; HUMANS; INFANT; MALE; MENTAL DISORDERS; PSYCHOLOGICAL TESTS; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY;

EID: 2342658409     PISSN: 01468693     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/jpepsy/jsh017     Document Type: Article

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