Psychometric evaluation of a questionnaire modified to assess attitudes toward male social workers

Psychological Reports

Volumn 86, Issue 3 PART 1, 2000, Pages 756-762

  Green, Robert G ^a   Hudson, Jennifer ^b   Montgomery, Kevin ^b   Solondz, Seth ^b  

^a VIRGINIA COMMONWEALTH UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b NONE

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; ATTITUDE; FEMALE; GENDER IDENTITY; HUMAN; HUMAN RELATION; MALE; MALE NURSE; MIDDLE AGED; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; SOCIAL WORK;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ATTITUDE; FEMALE; GENDER IDENTITY; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NURSES, MALE; PROFESSIONAL-PATIENT RELATIONS; SOCIAL WORK;

EID: 0034202702     PISSN: 00332941     EISSN: 1558691X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2466/pr0.2000.86.3.756     Document Type: Article

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