Convergent validity of and bias in maternal reports of child emotion

Psychological Assessment

Volumn 24, Issue 3, 2012, Pages 647-660

  Durbin, C Emily ^a   Wilson, Sylia ^b  

^a MICHIGAN STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b NORTHWESTERN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Bias; Convergence; Emotion; Maternal reports

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ANGER; ARTICLE; CHILD; CHILD BEHAVIOR; CONTROLLED STUDY; CONVERGENT VALIDITY; EMOTION; ERROR; FEAR; FEMALE; HAPPINESS; HUMAN; MALE; MATERNAL REPORT; MENTAL DISEASE; MENTAL HEALTH; MOTHER; OBSERVATION; PERSONALITY; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PSYCHOLOGIC TEST; SADNESS; SURPRISE; VIDEOTAPE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; EPIDEMIOLOGY; MIDDLE AGED; MOTHER CHILD RELATION; NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TEST; PHYSIOLOGY; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; REPRODUCIBILITY;

ADULT; BIAS (EPIDEMIOLOGY); CHILD; CHILD BEHAVIOR; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; EMOTIONS; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MOTHER-CHILD RELATIONS; MOTHERS; NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TESTS; OBSERVATION; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84874449912     PISSN: 10403590     EISSN: 1939134X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1037/a0026607     Document Type: Article

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