Reliability and validity of the mother-child neglect scale

Child Maltreatment

Volumn 9, Issue 4, 2004, Pages 371-381

  Lounds, Julie J ^a,b   Borkowski, John G ^a,c   Whitman, Thomas L ^a,d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NOTRE DAME   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN MADISON   (United States)

^c University of Notre Dame ^*

^d Grad Res Train Prog Mental R

Author keywords

Measurement; Neglect

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CHILD ABUSE; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; MALE; MOTHER CHILD RELATION; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; PSYCHOMETRY; QUESTIONNAIRE; REPRODUCIBILITY; SOCIAL DESIRABILITY; STATISTICS; VALIDATION STUDY;

ADULT; CHILD ABUSE; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; MALE; MOTHER-CHILD RELATIONS; PSYCHOMETRICS; QUESTIONNAIRES; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; SOCIAL DESIRABILITY;

EID: 7544225833     PISSN: 10775595     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/1077559504269536     Document Type: Article

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