The Postpartum Support Questionnaire: Reliability and Validity

Journal of Nursing Measurement

Volumn 4, Issue 2, 1996, Pages 129-142

  Logsdon, Mimia Cynthia ^a,d   Usui, Wayne ^b   Birkimer, John Charles ^b   McBride, Angela Barron ^c  

^a Norton Orthopedic Institute

^b UNIVERSITY OF LOUISVILLE   (United States)

^c INDIANA UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d NONE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; FACTORIAL ANALYSIS; FEMALE; HUMAN; MOTHER; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; PSYCHOMETRY; PUERPERIUM; QUESTIONNAIRE; REPRODUCIBILITY; SOCIAL SUPPORT; STANDARD;

ADULT; FACTOR ANALYSIS, STATISTICAL; FEMALE; HUMANS; MOTHERS; POSTPARTUM PERIOD; PSYCHOMETRICS; QUESTIONNAIRES; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; SOCIAL SUPPORT;

EID: 0030323295     PISSN: 10613749     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1891/1061-3749.4.2.129     Document Type: Article

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