Health attitude scale construction: Importance of psychometric evidence

American Journal of Health Behavior

Volumn 25, Issue 3, 2001, Pages 290-298

  Torabi, Mohammad R ^b   Jeng, Ifeng ^a  

^a INDIANA UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b INDIANA UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; EPIDEMIOLOGY; GENERAL PRACTICE; HEALTH BEHAVIOR; HIGH RISK BEHAVIOR; HUMAN; METHODOLOGY; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; PSYCHOLOGIC TEST; PSYCHOMETRY; REPRODUCIBILITY;

ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; FAMILY PRACTICE; GUIDELINES; HEALTH BEHAVIOR; HUMANS; PSYCHOLOGICAL TESTS; PSYCHOMETRICS; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; RISK-TAKING; SAMPLING STUDIES;

EID: 0035350965     PISSN: 10873244     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5993/AJHB.25.3.17     Document Type: Article

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