Psychometric comparison of the functional assessment instruments QABF, FACT and FAST for self-injurious, stereotypic and aggressive/destructive behaviour

Journal of Applied Research in Intellectual Disabilities

Volumn 24, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 18-28

  Zaja, Rebecca H ^a   Moore, Linda ^b   Van Ingen, Daniel J ^b   Rojahn, Johannes ^a  

^a GEORGE MASON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b Chrestomathy Inc   (United States)

Author keywords

Behaviour problems; Functional assessment; Intellectual disabilities

Indexed keywords

EID: 78650112962     PISSN: 13602322     EISSN: 14683148     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1468-3148.2010.00569.x     Document Type: Article

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