Psychometric evaluation of the Demands of Immigration Scale with Taiwanese-Chinese immigrants: A pilot study

Journal of Advanced Nursing

Volumn 39, Issue 3, 2002, Pages 274-280

  Tsai, Jenny Hsin Chun ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

^b SEATTLE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Adult immigrants; Distress of immigration; Measurement; Pilot study; Psychometric; Taiwanese Chinese; USA

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CLASSIFICATION; COMMUNICATION DISORDER; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; ETHNOLOGY; FEMALE; HUMAN; INSTRUMENTATION; LIFE EVENT; MALE; MENTAL STRESS; MIDDLE AGED; MIGRATION; PILOT STUDY; PSYCHOLOGICAL RATING SCALE; PSYCHOMETRY; QUALITATIVE RESEARCH; REPRODUCIBILITY; STANDARD; TAIWAN; UNITED STATES;

ADULT; COMMUNICATION BARRIERS; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; EMIGRATION AND IMMIGRATION; FEMALE; HUMANS; LIFE CHANGE EVENTS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PILOT PROJECTS; PSYCHIATRIC STATUS RATING SCALES; PSYCHOMETRICS; QUALITATIVE RESEARCH; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; STRESS, PSYCHOLOGICAL; TAIWAN; UNITED STATES;

EID: 0036689694     PISSN: 03092402     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1365-2648.2000.02274.x     Document Type: Article

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