The ages & stages questionnaire: Social-emotional: A validation study of a mother-report questionnaire on a clinical mother-infant sample

Infant Mental Health Journal

Volumn 31, Issue 4, 2010, Pages 412-431

  Salomonsson, Björn ^a   Sleed, Michelle ^b  

^a KAROLINSKA INSTITUTE   (Sweden)

^b UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AGES AND STAGES QUESTIONNAIRE; ANXIETY; ARTICLE; CHILD; CHILD BEHAVIOR; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; DEPRESSION; DISTRESS SYNDROME; EMOTION; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE PERSONNEL; HUMAN; INFANT; INTERVIEW; MATERNAL STRESS; MENTAL STRESS; MOTHER; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUESTIONNAIRE; RATING SCALE; SAMPLE; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR; VALIDATION STUDY; VALIDITY;

EID: 77955646940     PISSN: 01639641     EISSN: 10970355     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/imhj.20263     Document Type: Article

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