Development and testing of the labor support scale

Journal of Nursing Measurement

Volumn 10, Issue 3, 2002, Pages 249-261

  Sleutel, Martha Rider ^a,b  

^a ANGELO STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b NONE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; DISCRIMINANT ANALYSIS; FACTORIAL ANALYSIS; FEMALE; HUMAN; LABOR; NURSING STAFF; OBSTETRICAL NURSING; PREGNANCY; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; PSYCHOMETRY; QUESTIONNAIRE; REPRODUCIBILITY;

DISCRIMINANT ANALYSIS; FACTOR ANALYSIS, STATISTICAL; FEMALE; HUMANS; LABOR, OBSTETRIC; NURSING STAFF, HOSPITAL; OBSTETRICAL NURSING; PREGNANCY; PSYCHOMETRICS; QUESTIONNAIRES; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS;

EID: 0042386694     PISSN: 10613749     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1891/jnum.10.3.249.52561     Document Type: Article

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