Development of a direct observation measure of environmental qualities of activity settings

Developmental Medicine and Child Neurology

Volumn 56, Issue 8, 2014, Pages 763-769

  King, Gillian ^a,b   Rigby, Patty ^b   Batorowicz, Beata ^c   McMain Klein, Margot ^b   Petrenchik, Theresa ^c   Thompson, Laura ^d   Gibson, Michelle ^e  

^a University of Toronto   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

^c MCMASTER UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^d HOLLAND BLOORVIEW KIDS REHABILITATION HOSPITAL   (Canada)

^e UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN ONTARIO   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CHILD; CHILD GROWTH; CONTROLLED STUDY; CRONBACH ALPHA COEFFICIENT; DISABILITY; ENVIRONMENTAL FACTOR; HUMAN; INTERNAL CONSISTENCY; INTERRATER RELIABILITY; LEISURE; MEASURE OF ENVIRONMENTAL QUALITIES OF ACTIVITY SETTINGS; PHYSICAL ACTIVITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUESTIONNAIRE; RATING SCALE; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR; SOCIAL INTERACTION; TEST RETEST RELIABILITY;

ADULT; ENVIRONMENT; HUMANS; LEISURE ACTIVITIES; PRINCIPAL COMPONENT ANALYSIS; PSYCHOMETRICS; QUESTIONNAIRES; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS;

EID: 84904091178     PISSN: 00121622     EISSN: 14698749     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/dmcn.12400     Document Type: Article

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