The infant care questionnaire: Assessment of reliability and validity in a sample of healthy mothers

Journal of Nursing Measurement

Volumn 10, Issue 2, 2002, Pages 97-110

  Secco, Loretta ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MANITOBA   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CANADA; CHILD CARE; EVALUATION; FACTORIAL ANALYSIS; FEMALE; HUMAN; MOTHER; NEWBORN; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; QUESTIONNAIRE; REPRODUCIBILITY; SELF CONCEPT;

ADULT; FACTOR ANALYSIS, STATISTICAL; FEMALE; HUMANS; INFANT CARE; INFANT, NEWBORN; MANITOBA; MOTHERS; QUESTIONNAIRES; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; SELF CONCEPT;

EID: 0036769671     PISSN: 10613749     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1891/jnum.10.2.97.52555     Document Type: Article

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