The Martin and Park Environmental Demands (MPED) Questionnaire: Psychometric properties of a brief instrument to measure self-reported environmental demands

Aging Clinical and Experimental Research

Volumn 15, Issue 1, 2003, Pages 77-82

  Martin, Mike ^a   Park, Denise C ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ZURICH   (Switzerland)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS AT URBANA CHAMPAIGN   (United States)

Author keywords

Coping skills; Environmental stimulation; Life span; Medication adherence; Memory task; Older adults; Self report

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGE; AGED; ANALYTICAL ERROR; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; DAILY LIFE ACTIVITY; DEMOGRAPHY; DENSITY; DRUG USE; EDUCATION; EMPLOYMENT; ENVIRONMENTAL FACTOR; FEMALE; HOUSEHOLD; HUMAN; LIFE EVENT; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAL ASSESSMENT; MEMORY CONSOLIDATION; PREDICTION; PSYCHOMETRY; QUESTIONNAIRE; RATING SCALE; RHEUMATOID ARTHRITIS; SELF CONCEPT; SELF REPORT; SOCIAL ASPECT;

EID: 0037641103     PISSN: 15940667     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/BF03324483     Document Type: Article

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