Development of a new assessment of time processing ability in children, using Rasch analysis

Child: Care, Health and Development

Volumn 34, Issue 6, 2008, Pages 771-780

  Janeslätt, Gunnel ^a,b,c   Granlund, M ^b,d   Alderman, I ^e   Kottorp, A ^c  

^a Centre for Clinical Research   (Sweden)

^b MÄLARDALEN UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

^c KAROLINSKA INSTITUTE   (Sweden)

^d JÖNKÖPING UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

^e Datateket Habilitation in Dalarna   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Child development; Early assessment; Time management; Time orientation; Time perception

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CHILD; CHILD DEVELOPMENT; CONSTRUCT VALIDITY; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HUMAN; INTERNAL VALIDITY; KATID; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PERSONAL AUTONOMY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PSYCHOMETRY; RASCH ANALYSIS; RATING SCALE; SELF REPORT; TIME MANAGEMENT; TIME PERCEPTION;

CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MENTAL DISORDERS; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; TASK PERFORMANCE AND ANALYSIS; TIME PERCEPTION;

EID: 54949091852     PISSN: 03051862     EISSN: 13652214     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2214.2008.00865.x     Document Type: Article

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