Validity of US norms for the Bayley Scales of Infant Development-III in Malawian children

European Journal of Paediatric Neurology

Volumn 18, Issue 2, 2014, Pages 223-230

  Cromwell, Elizabeth A ^a   Dube, Queen ^b,c   Cole, Stephen R ^a   Chirambo, Chawanangwa ^b   Dow, Anna E ^a   Heyderman, Robert S ^b   Van Rie, Annelies ^a  

^a IL   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MALAWI   (Malawi)

^c QUEEN ELIZABETH CENTRAL HOSPITAL   (Malawi)

Author keywords

Child development; Cross cultural testing bias; Testing norms

Indexed keywords

AGE; ARTICLE; BAYLEY SCALES OF INFANT DEVELOPMENT; BAYLEY SCALES OF INFANT DEVELOPMENT III; COGNITIVE DEVELOPMENT; COHORT ANALYSIS; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HOUSEHOLD; HUMAN; INTERPERSONAL COMMUNICATION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALAWI; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; VALIDATION STUDY;

CHILD DEVELOPMENT; CROSS-CULTURAL TESTING BIAS; TESTING NORMS;

CHILD; CHILD DEVELOPMENT; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; DEVELOPMENTAL DISABILITIES; FEMALE; HUMANS; INFANT; INFANT, NEWBORN; MALAWI; MALE; PSYCHOMETRICS; REFERENCE VALUES; UNITED STATES;

EID: 84895190579     PISSN: 10903798     EISSN: 15322130     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ejpn.2013.11.011     Document Type: Article

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