Psychometric properties of the Brazilian-adapted version of the Ages and Stages Questionnaire in public child daycare centers

Early Human Development

Volumn 89, Issue 8, 2013, Pages 561-576

  Filgueiras, Alberto ^a,b   Pires, Pedro ^b,c   Maissonette, Silvia ^b   Landeira Fernandez, J ^a,b,d  

^a PONTIFICAL CATHOLIC UNIVERSITY OF RIO DE JANEIRO   (Brazil)

^b Instituto Brasileiro de Neuropsicologia e Comportamento   (Brazil)

^c FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF RIO DE JANEIRO   (Brazil)

^d ESTÁCIO DE SÁ UNIVERSITY   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Ages and Stages Questionnaire; Brazilian public child daycare centers; Child development assessment; Classical Test Theory; Item Response Theory

Indexed keywords

AGES AND STAGES QUESTIONNAIRE; ARTICLE; BRAZIL; CAREGIVER; CHILD; CLASSICAL TEST THEORY; CLINICAL ASSESSMENT TOOL; CLINICAL EVALUATION; DAY CARE; DEVELOPMENTAL SCREENING; FACTORIAL ANALYSIS; FEMALE; GROWTH RETARDATION; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; INFANT; LANGUAGE; MALE; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PSYCHOMETRY; PUBLIC HEALTH SERVICE; PUBLICATION; QUESTIONNAIRE; RATING SCALE;

BRAZIL; CAREGIVERS; CHILD BEHAVIOR; CHILD DAY CARE CENTERS; CHILD DEVELOPMENT; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; FEMALE; HUMANS; INFANT; MALE; PSYCHOMETRICS; PUBLIC SECTOR; QUESTIONNAIRES;

EID: 84879806423     PISSN: 03783782     EISSN: 18726232     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.earlhumdev.2013.02.005     Document Type: Article

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