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Gender Differences of Children's Developmental Trajectory from 6 to 60 Months in the Taiwan Birth Cohort Pilot Study
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Lung, For-Wey; Chiang, Tung-Liang; Lin, Shio-Jean; Feng, Jui-Ying; Chen, Po-Fei; Shu, Bih-Ching – Research in Developmental Disabilities: A Multidisciplinary Journal, 2011
The parental report instrument is the most efficient developmental detection method and has shown high validity with professional assessment instruments. The reliability and validity of the Taiwan Birth Cohort Study (TBCS) 6-, 18- and 36-month scales have already been established. In this study, the reliability and validity of the 60-month scale…
Descriptors: Structural Equation Models, Predictive Validity, Measures (Individuals), Foreign Countries
The Assessment of Minor Neurological Dysfunction in Infancy Using the Touwen Infant Neurological Examination: Strengths and Limitations
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Hadders-Algra, Mijna; Heineman, Kirsten R.; Bos, Arend F.; Middelburg, Karin J. – Developmental Medicine & Child Neurology, 2010
Aim: Little is known of minor neurological dysfunction (MND) in infancy. This study aimed to evaluate the inter-assessor reliability of the assessment of MND with the Touwen Infant Neurological Examination (TINE) and the construct and predictive validity of MND in infancy. Method: Inter-assessor agreement was determined in a sample of 40 infants…
Descriptors: Predictive Validity, Premature Infants, Test Validity, Neurological Impairments
Predictive Validity of Assessments of Early Cognitive Competence in Light of Some Current Issues in Developmental Psychology.
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Ulvund, S.E. – Human Development, 1984
The low predictive validity of infant tests is discussed in light of current issues in developmental psychology. Considers continuity and discontinuity in the development of early cognitive competence, intellectual heterogeneity problems, and individual-environment transactions. Provides suggestions for increasing predictive validity and indicates…
Descriptors: Cognitive Ability, Cognitive Development, Foreign Countries, Individual Differences
Early Infant Home Environments: Validation of the Home Observation for Measurement of the Environment Inventory.
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Hollenbeck, Albert R. – Developmental Psychology, 1978
A sample of 70 mother-infant dyads were used to cross-validate and test the concurrent validity of the Home Observation for Measurement of the Environment Inventory (HOME). (Author/SS)
Descriptors: Age Differences, Family Environment, Infants, Mothers