Validating the Children's Behavior Questionnaire in Dutch Children: Psychometric Properties and a Cross-Cultural Comparison of Factor Structures

Psychological Assessment

Volumn 23, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 417-426

  Sleddens, Ester F C ^a   Kremers, Stef P J ^a   Candel, Math J J M ^b   De Vries, Nanne N K ^a   Thijs, Carel ^b  

^a MAASTRICHT UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

^b MAASTRICHT UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Children; Children's behavior questionnaire; Factor analysis; Standard and very short form; Validation

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AFFECT; ARTICLE; CHILD; CHILDREN'S BEHAVIORAL QUESTIONNAIRE; CHINA; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONTROLLED STUDY; CULTURAL ANTHROPOLOGY; EXTRAVERSION; FEMALE; HUMAN; JAPAN; MALE; NETHERLANDS; PARENT; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PSYCHOMETRY; QUESTIONNAIRE; SCHOOL CHILD; TEMPERAMENT; VALIDATION STUDY; WESTERN EUROPE;

ADULT; AFFECT; CHILD; CHILD BEHAVIOR; CHINA; CROSS-CULTURAL COMPARISON; FACTOR ANALYSIS, STATISTICAL; FEMALE; HUMANS; JAPAN; MALE; NETHERLANDS; OBSERVER VARIATION; PARENTS; PERSONALITY INVENTORY; PSYCHOMETRICS; QUESTIONNAIRES; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; TEMPERAMENT;

EID: 79959314178     PISSN: 10403590     EISSN: 1939134X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1037/a0022111     Document Type: Article

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