The PedsQL™ as a measure of parent-rated quality of life in healthy UK toddlers: Psychometric properties and cross-cultural comparisons

Journal of Child Health Care

Volumn 16, Issue 4, 2012, Pages 331-338

  Buck, Deborah ^a  

^a NEWCASTLE UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Cross cultural comparisons; health related quality of life; parents; toddler

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CHILD PSYCHOLOGY; CHILD WELFARE; CULTURAL FACTOR; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; PARENT; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PSYCHOMETRY; QUALITY OF LIFE; QUESTIONNAIRE; UNITED KINGDOM; UNITED STATES;

CHILD PSYCHOLOGY; CHILD WELFARE; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; CROSS-CULTURAL COMPARISON; FEMALE; GREAT BRITAIN; HUMANS; MALE; PARENTS; PSYCHOMETRICS; QUALITY OF LIFE; QUESTIONNAIRES; UNITED STATES;

EID: 84874319636     PISSN: 13674935     EISSN: 17412889     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/1367493512448127     Document Type: Article

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