Development and psychometric evaluation of the Environment-Behavior Interaction Code (EBIC)

Nursing Research

Volumn 48, Issue 5, 1999, Pages 260-268

  Stewart, Norma J ^a   Hiscock, Merrill ^b   Morgan, Debra G ^c   Murphy, Patricia B ^e   Yamamoto, Miles ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SASKATCHEWAN   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF HOUSTON   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF SASKATCHEWAN   (Canada)

^d Oregon Social Learning Centre   (United States)

^e NONE

Author keywords

Behavior; Dementia; Environment; Measurement

Indexed keywords

AGED; ARTICLE; BEHAVIOR; DEMENTIA; ENVIRONMENT; FEMALE; HUMAN; LONG TERM CARE; MALE; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; PSYCHOMETRY; REPRODUCIBILITY; STATISTICS;

AGED; BEHAVIOR; DEMENTIA; ENVIRONMENT; FEMALE; HUMANS; LONG-TERM CARE; MALE; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT (HEALTH CARE); PSYCHOMETRICS; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS;

EID: 0033192598     PISSN: 00296562     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00006199-199909000-00006     Document Type: Article

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