Assessment instrument for problem-focused coping: Reliability test of APC. Part 1

Scandinavian Journal of Caring Sciences

Volumn 12, Issue 1, 1998, Pages 18-24

  Tollén, Anita ^a   Ahlström, Gerd ^a  

^a ÖREBRO UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Activities of daily living; Coping; Postpolio syndrome; Psychometrics; Rehabilitation

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; COPING BEHAVIOR; DAILY LIFE ACTIVITY; FEMALE; HUMAN; INTERVIEW; MALE; MUSCLE WEAKNESS; POSTPOLIOMYELITIS SYNDROME; QUALITY OF LIFE; RELIABILITY; SELF REPORT; SWEDEN;

ACTIVITIES OF DAILY LIVING; ADAPTATION, PSYCHOLOGICAL; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NURSING ASSESSMENT; NURSING METHODOLOGY RESEARCH; OBSERVER VARIATION; POSTPOLIOMYELITIS SYNDROME; PROBLEM SOLVING; PSYCHOMETRICS; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 0031920029     PISSN: 02839318     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1471-6712.1998.tb00470.x     Document Type: Article

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