Cultural adaptation of a parent completed social emotional screening instrument for young children: Ages and stages questionnaire-social emotional

Early Human Development

Volumn 88, Issue 3, 2012, Pages 151-158

  Heo, Kay H ^a   Squires, Jane ^b  

^a Chongshin University   (South Korea)

^b UNIVERSITY OF OREGON   (United States)

Author keywords

Ages and stages questionnaires social emotional; Assessment functions; Developmental screening; Early identification of developmental delays; Purposes of assessment; Screening

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CHILD; CLINICAL ASSESSMENT TOOL; CONTROLLED STUDY; CULTURAL ANTHROPOLOGY; DEVELOPMENTAL SCREENING; EMOTION; FEMALE; HUMAN; INFANT; KOREA; MALE; PARENT; PRESCHOOL CHILD; QUESTIONNAIRE; SOCIAL ADAPTATION; UNITED STATES;

ADAPTATION, PSYCHOLOGICAL; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; EMOTIONS; FEMALE; HUMANS; INFANT; MALE; PARENTS; QUESTIONNAIRES; REPUBLIC OF KOREA; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR;

EID: 84857112279     PISSN: 03783782     EISSN: 18726232     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.earlhumdev.2011.07.019     Document Type: Article

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