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A Validation Study of Early Adolescents' Pubertal Self-Assessments
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Schmitz, Katharine E.; Hovell, Melbourne F.; Nichols, Jeanne F.; Irvin, Veronica L.; Keating, Kristen; Simon, Gayle M.; Gehrman, Christine; Jones, Kenneth Lee – Journal of Early Adolescence, 2004
This study aimed to determine whether self-assessed puberty is sufficiently reliable and valid to substitute for physician examination when feasibility of physician examination is low (e.g., behavioral research). Adolescents (convenience sample N = 178 endocrinology patients and N = 125 from educational trial; mean age 12.7 and 11.3 years,…
Descriptors: Physicians, Developmental Stages, Physical Development, Adolescent Development
Developing a General Outcome Measure of Growth in Movement for Infants and Toddlers.
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Greenwood, Charles R.; Luze, Gayle J.; Cline, Gabriel; Kuntz, Susan; Leitschuh, Carol – Topics in Early Childhood Special Education, 2002
The development of an experimental measure for assessing growth in movement in children (ages birth-3) is described. Results from the use of the Movement General Outcome Measurement with 29 infants and toddlers demonstrated the feasibility of the measure. The 6-minute assessment was found reliable in terms of inter-observer agreement. (Contains…
Descriptors: Child Development, Disabilities, Disability Identification, Early Childhood Education