The development and reliability of an observational tool for assessing mother-child interactions in field studies- experience from Pakistan

Child: Care, Health and Development

Volumn 41, Issue 6, 2015, Pages 1161-1171

  Rasheed, M A ^a   Yousafzai, A K ^a  

^a AGA KHAN UNIVERSITY   (Pakistan)

Author keywords

Caregiving; Development; Mother child interaction; Reliability; Validity

Indexed keywords

ADULT; CHILD DEVELOPMENT; FEMALE; HUMAN; INFANT; MALE; MATERNAL BEHAVIOR; MOTHER CHILD RELATION; OBSERVATION; PAKISTAN; REPRODUCIBILITY; RURAL POPULATION; VIDEORECORDING;

ADULT; CHILD DEVELOPMENT; FEMALE; HUMANS; INFANT; MALE; MATERNAL BEHAVIOR; MOTHER-CHILD RELATIONS; OBSERVATION; PAKISTAN; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; RURAL POPULATION; VIDEOTAPE RECORDING;

EID: 84959268649     PISSN: 03051862     EISSN: 13652214     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/cch.12287     Document Type: Article

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