Psychometric characteristics of the General Well-Being Schedule (GWB) with African-American women

Quality of Life Research

Volumn 12, Issue 1, 2003, Pages 31-39

  Taylor, Jennifer E ^a   Poston II, W S Carlos ^a   Haddock, C Keith ^a   Blackburn, G L ^b   Heber, D ^c   Heymsfield, S B ^e   Foreyt, J P ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MISSOURI KANSAS CITY   (United States)

^b HARVARD MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^d BAYLOR COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^e NONE

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; DEPRESSION; FACTORIAL ANALYSIS; FEMALE; GENERAL WELL BEING SCHEDULE; HEALTH BEHAVIOR; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; NEGRO; OBESITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PSYCHOLOGIC TEST; RELIABILITY; SELF CONCEPT; VALIDATION PROCESS; WEIGHT REDUCTION; WELLBEING;

ADULT; AFRICAN AMERICANS; DISCRIMINANT ANALYSIS; FACTOR ANALYSIS, STATISTICAL; FEMALE; HOLISTIC HEALTH; HUMANS; MIDDLE AGED; OBESITY; PSYCHOMETRICS; QUALITY OF LIFE; UNITED STATES;

EID: 0037321868     PISSN: 09629343     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/A:1022052804109     Document Type: Article

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