The reliability and validity of the Infant Behavior Questionnaire-Revised

Infant Behavior and Development

Volumn 31, Issue 4, 2008, Pages 637-646

  Parade, Stephanie H ^a   Leerkes, Esther M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA AT GREENSBORO   (United States)

Author keywords

Depression; Infant temperament; Observational methods; Reliability; Self reports; Validity

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CHILD BEHAVIOR; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEPRESSION; DISCRIMINANT VALIDITY; FATHER; FEMALE; GENDER BIAS; HUMAN; INFANT; INFANT BEHAVIOR QUESTIONNAIRE; INTERNAL CONSISTENCY; INTERRATER RELIABILITY; MALE; MOTHER; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUESTIONNAIRE; TEMPERAMENT;

DEPRESSIVE DISORDER; FEMALE; HUMANS; INFANT; INFANT BEHAVIOR; MALE; PARENTING; QUESTIONNAIRES; TEMPERAMENT;

EID: 55049138549     PISSN: 01636383     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.infbeh.2008.07.009     Document Type: Article

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