Evaluation of a puppet interview to measure young children's self-reports of temperament

Behaviour Change

Volumn 21, Issue 1, 2004, Pages 37-56

  Roth, Janet H ^a   Dadds, Mark R ^b   McAloon, John ^b  

^a GRIFFITH UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NEW SOUTH WALES   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANXIETY; ARTICLE; AVOIDANCE BEHAVIOR; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; EMOTIONALITY; FEMALE; HUMAN; INTERVIEW; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; OUTCOMES RESEARCH; PARENT; PLAY THERAPY; PRESCHOOL CHILD; RATING SCALE; ROLE PLAYING; SELF REPORT; SEX DIFFERENCE; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR; SOCIAL INTERACTION; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE; TEACHER; TEMPERAMENT;

EID: 4444220191     PISSN: 08134839     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1375/bech.21.1.37.35973     Document Type: Article

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