Psychometric characteristics of the depressive cognition scale in African American women

Journal of Nursing Measurement

Volumn 10, Issue 2, 2002, Pages 83-95

  Zauszniewski, Jaclene A ^a   Fulton Picot, Sandra J ^b   Debanne, Sara M ^a   Roberts, Beverly L ^a   Wykle, May L ^a  

^a CASE WESTERN RESERVE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AFRICAN AMERICAN; AGED; ARTICLE; CAREGIVER; CASE CONTROL STUDY; DEPRESSION; EVALUATION; FACTORIAL ANALYSIS; FEMALE; HUMAN; MIDDLE AGED; PSYCHOLOGIC TEST; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; REPRODUCIBILITY; UNITED STATES;

ADULT; AFRICAN AMERICANS; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; CAREGIVERS; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; DEPRESSION; FACTOR ANALYSIS, STATISTICAL; FEMALE; HUMANS; MIDDLE AGED; PSYCHOLOGICAL TESTS; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; UNITED STATES;

EID: 0036769670     PISSN: 10613749     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1891/jnum.10.2.83.52557     Document Type: Article

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