The construction and characteristics of an instrument to measure personal hopefulness

Psychological Medicine

Volumn 26, Issue 3, 1996, Pages 531-545

  Nunn, K P ^a   Lewin, T J ^b   Walton, J M ^b   Carr, V J ^b  

^a CHILDREN S HOSPITAL AT WESTMEAD   (Australia)

^b NONE

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AGING; ANXIETY; ARTICLE; AUSTRALIA; EARTHQUAKE; EXPECTATION; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; MEDICAL STAFF; MEDICAL STUDENT; MENTAL HOSPITAL; MOOD; MORBIDITY; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; QUESTIONNAIRE; RATING SCALE; SOCIAL PSYCHOLOGY; SYMPTOM; THREAT;

EID: 0030007452     PISSN: 00332917     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/s0033291700035613     Document Type: Article

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