Test selection, adaptation, and evaluation: A systematic approach to assess nutritional influences on child development in developing countries

British Journal of Educational Psychology

Volumn 80, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 31-53

  Prado, Elizabeth L ^a,b   Hartini, Sri ^a   Rahmawati, Atik ^a   Ismayani, Elfa ^a   Hidayati, Astri ^a   Hikmah, Nurul ^a   Muadz, Husni ^a   Apriatni, Mandri S ^a   Ullman, Michael T ^c   Shankar, Anuraj H ^a,d   Alcock, Katherine J ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MATARAM   (Indonesia)

^b LANCASTER UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^c GEORGETOWN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CHILD; DEPRESSION; DEVELOPING COUNTRY; DEVELOPMENTAL DISORDER; FEMALE; HUMAN; INDONESIA; INFANT; MALE; MATERNAL AGE; MOTHER; NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TEST; NUTRITIONAL DISORDER; PILOT STUDY; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; PSYCHOMETRY; REPRODUCIBILITY; SOCIALIZATION; STATISTICS;

CHILD NUTRITION DISORDERS; CHILD OF IMPAIRED PARENTS; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; DEPRESSIVE DISORDER; DEVELOPING COUNTRIES; DEVELOPMENTAL DISABILITIES; FEMALE; HUMANS; INDONESIA; INFANT; MALE; MATERNAL AGE; MOTHERS; NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TESTS; PILOT PROJECTS; PSYCHOMETRICS; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; SOCIALIZATION;

EID: 75949113251     PISSN: 00070998     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1348/000709909X470483     Document Type: Article

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