Development and assessment of short and very short forms of the infant behavior questionnaire-revised

Journal of Personality Assessment

Volumn 96, Issue 4, 2014, Pages 445-458

  Putnam, Samuel P ^a   Helbig, Amy L ^a   Gartstein, Maria A ^b   Rothbart, Mary K ^c   Leerkes, Esther ^d  

^a BOWDOIN COLLEGE   (United States)

^b WASHINGTON STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF OREGON   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA AT GREENSBORO   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; CHILD BEHAVIOR; DEVICES; FEMALE; HUMAN; INFANT; MALE; PERSONALITY ASSESSMENT; PHYSIOLOGY; PSYCHOMETRY; QUESTIONNAIRE; STANDARDS; TEMPERAMENT;

ADULT; FEMALE; HUMANS; INFANT; INFANT BEHAVIOR; MALE; PERSONALITY ASSESSMENT; PSYCHOMETRICS; QUESTIONNAIRES; TEMPERAMENT;

EID: 84903304355     PISSN: 00223891     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/00223891.2013.841171     Document Type: Article

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