Japanese version of the quality of relationship inventory: Its reliability and validity among women with recurrent spontaneous abortion

Psychiatry and Clinical Neurosciences

Volumn 56, Issue 5, 2002, Pages 527-532

  Nakano, Yumi ^a   Sugiura, Mayumi ^a   Aoki, Koji ^a   Hori, Shiro ^a   Oshima, Mariko ^a   Kitamura, Toshinori ^a   Furukawa, Toshiaki A ^a  

^a NAGOYA CITY UNIV MEDICAL SCHOOL   (Japan)

Author keywords

Construct validity; Cultural differences; Factor validity; Japanese culture; Quality of Relationship Inventory; Reliability; Social support

Indexed keywords

ACCURACY; ADULT; ARTICLE; CHILD PARENT RELATION; CHILDHOOD; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; CULTURAL FACTOR; FACTORIAL ANALYSIS; FEMALE; HUMAN; INDIVIDUALIZATION; JAPAN; LANGUAGE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MATERNAL CARE; QUALITY CONTROL; QUALITY OF RELATIONSHIP INVENTORY; RATING SCALE; RECURRENT ABORTION; RELIABILITY; SOCIAL SUPPORT; SPONTANEOUS ABORTION;

ABORTION, SPONTANEOUS; ADULT; CULTURAL CHARACTERISTICS; FEMALE; HUMANS; INTERPERSONAL RELATIONS; JAPAN; PARENT-CHILD RELATIONS; PREGNANCY; PSYCHOMETRICS; QUESTIONNAIRES; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; SOCIAL SUPPORT;

EID: 0036791639     PISSN: 13231316     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1440-1819.2002.01049.x     Document Type: Article

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