The Impact-on-Family Scale: A test of invariance across culture

Journal of Pediatric Psychology

Volumn 25, Issue 5, 2000, Pages 323-329

  Kolk, Annemarie M ^a   Schipper, Janine L ^a   Hanewald, Gerrit J F P ^a   Casari, Ezio F ^b   Fantino, Alga G ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF AMSTERDAM   (Netherlands)

^b UNIVERSITY OF GENOA   (Italy)

Author keywords

Children; Chronic illness; Family; Impact on Family Scale; Methodology; Mothers

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; CHILD; CHRONIC DISEASE; CULTURAL FACTOR; FAMILY; FEMALE; FINANCIAL MANAGEMENT; HUMAN; ITALY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; METHODOLOGY; PRESCHOOL CHILD; RATING SCALE; RELIABILITY; REPRODUCIBILITY; SCHOOL CHILD; SCORING SYSTEM; SOCIAL ASPECT; STRESS; UNITED STATES;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; CHRONIC DISEASE; CROSS-CULTURAL COMPARISON; CULTURAL CHARACTERISTICS; FACTOR ANALYSIS, STATISTICAL; FEMALE; HUMANS; ITALY; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MOTHERS; PSYCHIATRIC STATUS RATING SCALES; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; STRESS, PSYCHOLOGICAL; UNITED STATES;

EID: 0033928709     PISSN: 01468693     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/jpepsy/25.5.323     Document Type: Article

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