Assessing Parenting Skills and Attitudes: A Review of the Psychometrics of Parenting Measures

Journal of Child and Family Studies

Volumn 23, Issue 5, 2014, Pages 812-823

  Hurley, Kristin Duppong ^a   Huscroft D'Angelo, Jacqueline ^c   Trout, Alexandra ^a   Griffith, Annette ^b   Epstein, Michael ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEBRASKA LINCOLN   (United States)

^b Momentum Behavioral Health   (United States)

^c TEXAS CHRISTIAN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Assessment; Measurement; Parenting; Psychometrics

Indexed keywords

EID: 84901980331     PISSN: 10621024     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10826-013-9733-2     Document Type: Article

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