Childbirth confidence: Validating the childbirth self-efficacy inventory (CBSEI) in an Australian sample

Journal of Advanced Nursing

Volumn 26, Issue 3, 1997, Pages 613-622

  Drummond, Jane ^b   Rickwood, Debra ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CANBERRA   (Australia)

^b NONE

Author keywords

Childbirth; Self efficacy

Indexed keywords

ADAPTIVE BEHAVIOR; ADULT; ANAMNESIS; ANXIETY; ARTICLE; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; AUSTRALIA; CONTROL; FACTORIAL ANALYSIS; FEMALE; HUMAN; LABOR; PREGNANCY; PSYCHOLOGIC TEST; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; PSYCHOMETRY; REPRODUCIBILITY; SOCIAL SUPPORT;

ADAPTATION, PSYCHOLOGICAL; ADULT; ANXIETY; AUSTRALIA; FACTOR ANALYSIS, STATISTICAL; FEMALE; HEALTH KNOWLEDGE, ATTITUDES, PRACTICE; HUMANS; INTERNAL-EXTERNAL CONTROL; LABOR, OBSTETRIC; PREGNANCY; PSYCHOLOGICAL TESTS; PSYCHOMETRICS; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; REPRODUCTIVE HISTORY; SOCIAL SUPPORT;

EID: 0031226732     PISSN: 03092402     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1365-2648.1997.t01-24-00999.x     Document Type: Article

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