Development and Psychometric Testing of the Wilmoth Sexual Behaviors Questionnaire-Female

Canadian Journal of Nursing Research

Volumn 32, Issue 4, 2001, Pages 135-151

  Wilmoth, Margaret Chamberlain ^a   Tingle, Lynne Robinson ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA AT CHARLOTTE   (United States)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ARTICLE; BREAST TUMOR; CASE CONTROL STUDY; FACTORIAL ANALYSIS; FEMALE; HUMAN; INTERPERSONAL COMMUNICATION; MASTECTOMY; METHODOLOGY; MIDDLE AGED; MODEL; NURSING; NURSING ASSESSMENT; NURSING EVALUATION RESEARCH; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; PSYCHOLOGICAL MODEL; PSYCHOMETRY; QUALITY OF LIFE; QUESTIONNAIRE; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR; SEXUALITY; STANDARD; VALIDATION STUDY;

ADULT; AGED; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; BREAST NEOPLASMS; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; COMMUNICATION; FACTOR ANALYSIS, STATISTICAL; FEMALE; HUMANS; MASTECTOMY; MIDDLE AGED; MODELS, NURSING; MODELS, PSYCHOLOGICAL; NURSING ASSESSMENT; NURSING EVALUATION RESEARCH; PSYCHOMETRICS; QUALITY OF LIFE; QUESTIONNAIRES; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR; SEXUAL PARTNERS;

EID: 0035296218     PISSN: 08445621     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
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