Brazelton Neonatal Behavioral Assessment Scale: A psychometric study in a Portuguese sample

Infant Behavior and Development

Volumn 33, Issue 4, 2010, Pages 510-517

  Costa, Raquel ^a   Figueiredo, Bárbara ^a   Tendais, Iva ^a   Conde, Ana ^a   Pacheco, Alexandra ^a   Teixeira, César ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MINHO   (Portugal)

Author keywords

Neonatal behavioral assessment scale; Neurobehavior organization; Principal component analysis; Psychometric properties; Reliability

Indexed keywords

AGE DISTRIBUTION; ARTICLE; AUTONOMIC NERVOUS SYSTEM; BRAZELTON NEONATAL BEHAVIORAL ASSESSMENT SCALE; CONSTRUCT VALIDITY; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; FEMALE; HABITUATION; HUMAN; INFANT; INTERNAL CONSISTENCY; MALE; MOTOR PERFORMANCE; ORIENTATION; PERFORMANCE MEASUREMENT SYSTEM; PORTUGAL; PRINCIPAL COMPONENT ANALYSIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PSYCHOMETRY; RATING SCALE; REFLEX; REGULATORY MECHANISM; RELIABILITY;

AGE FACTORS; CHI-SQUARE DISTRIBUTION; FEMALE; HABITUATION, PSYCHOPHYSIOLOGIC; HUMANS; INFANT; INFANT BEHAVIOR; INFANT, NEWBORN; INTERPERSONAL RELATIONS; MALE; MOTOR ACTIVITY; ORIENTATION; PORTUGAL; PRINCIPAL COMPONENT ANALYSIS; PSYCHOMETRICS; QUESTIONNAIRES; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; STATISTICS AS TOPIC;

EID: 78649865620     PISSN: 01636383     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.infbeh.2010.07.003     Document Type: Article

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