Reliability, Construct Validity, and Subscale Norms of the Brief Symptom Inventory When Administered to Bereaved Parents

Journal of Nursing Measurement

Volumn 4, Issue 2, 1996, Pages 117-127

  Johnson, L Clark ^a   Murphy, Shirley A ^a   Dimond, Margaret ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; BEREAVEMENT; BRIEF PSYCHIATRIC RATING SCALE; DEATH; FACTORIAL ANALYSIS; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; MENTAL STRESS; PARENT; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; REPRODUCIBILITY; STANDARD; VIOLENCE;

ADULT; BEREAVEMENT; BRIEF PSYCHIATRIC RATING SCALE; DEATH; FACTOR ANALYSIS, STATISTICAL; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; PARENTS; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; STRESS, PSYCHOLOGICAL; VIOLENCE;

EID: 0030321498     PISSN: 10613749     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1891/1061-3749.4.2.117     Document Type: Article

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