Worker role interview: Toward validation of a psychosocial work-related measure

Journal of Occupational Rehabilitation

Volumn 9, Issue 3, 1999, Pages 153-168

  Velozo, Craig A ^a   Kielhofner, Gary ^a   Gern, Alicia ^c   Lin, Fang Ling ^a   Azhar, Fatema ^b   Lai, Jin Shei ^a   Fisher, Gail ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS AT CHICAGO   (United States)

^b RUSH UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^c Rush Presbyt St Luke's Med Center ^*

Author keywords

Occupational injuries; Psychodiagnostic interview; Return to work; Test construction

Indexed keywords

ACCURACY; ADULT; ARTICLE; ATTITUDE; CHRONIC DISEASE; EMPLOYEE; FEMALE; FUNCTIONAL ASSESSMENT; HUMAN; INTERVIEW; LOW BACK PAIN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; OCCUPATIONAL ACCIDENT; PSYCHOMETRY; SOCIAL PSYCHOLOGY; WORK CAPACITY; WORK RESUMPTION;

EID: 0032750299     PISSN: 10530487     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/A:1021397600383     Document Type: Article

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