The psychometric properties of the Miller Behavioural Style Scale with adult daughters of women with early breast cancer: A literature review and empirical study

Journal of Advanced Nursing

Volumn 32, Issue 2, 2000, Pages 366-374

  Rees, Charlotte E ^a,c   Bath, Peter A ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NOTTINGHAM   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SHEFFIELD   (United Kingdom)

^c Behavioural Sciences Section   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; BREAST TUMOR; DISCRIMINANT ANALYSIS; FEMALE; HEALTH BEHAVIOR; HEALTH EDUCATION; HUMAN; MIDDLE AGED; NEEDS ASSESSMENT; NUCLEAR FAMILY; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; PSYCHOMETRY; QUESTIONNAIRE; SOCIOECONOMICS; STANDARD; VALIDATION STUDY;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; BREAST NEOPLASMS; DISCRIMINANT ANALYSIS; FEMALE; HEALTH BEHAVIOR; HEALTH EDUCATION; HEALTH KNOWLEDGE, ATTITUDES, PRACTICE; HUMANS; MIDDLE AGED; NEEDS ASSESSMENT; NUCLEAR FAMILY; PSYCHOMETRICS; QUESTIONNAIRES; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS;

EID: 0034241726     PISSN: 03092402     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1365-2648.2000.01485.x     Document Type: Article

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