An empirical evaluation of an expanded nursing stress scale

Journal of Nursing Measurement

Volumn 8, Issue 2, 2000, Pages 161-178

  French, Susan E ^a   Lenton, Rhonda ^b   Walters, Vivienne ^b   Eyles, John ^b  

^a MCMASTER UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^b Faculty of Health Sciences ^*

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CANADA; FACTORIAL ANALYSIS; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; MENTAL STRESS; NURSE; OCCUPATIONAL DISEASE; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; QUESTIONNAIRE; REPRODUCIBILITY; RISK FACTOR;

FACTOR ANALYSIS, STATISTICAL; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; NURSES; OCCUPATIONAL DISEASES; ONTARIO; QUESTIONNAIRES; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; RISK FACTORS; STRESS, PSYCHOLOGICAL;

EID: 0034280780     PISSN: 10613749     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1891/1061-3749.8.2.161     Document Type: Article

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