Psychiatric staff members' emotional reactions toward patients. A psychometric evaluation of an extended version of the Feeling Word Checklist (FWC-58)

Nordic Journal of Psychiatry

Volumn 57, Issue 1, 2003, Pages 45-53

  Røssberg, Jan Ivar ^a   Hoffart, Asle ^b   Friis, Svein ^a  

^a ULLEVÅL UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Norway)

^b Res Inst Modum Bads N   (Norway)

Author keywords

Factor analysis; Feeling Word Checklist; Therapist feelings

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DATA ANALYSIS; EMOTION; FACTORIAL ANALYSIS; HUMAN; MEDICAL RESEARCH; MEDICAL STAFF; MENTAL PATIENT; NURSE; PARAMEDICAL PERSONNEL; PHYSICIAN; PSYCHIATRIC DEPARTMENT; PSYCHIATRY; PSYCHOLOGIST; PSYCHOMETRY; PSYCHOTHERAPIST; RATING SCALE;

EID: 0347924998     PISSN: 08039488     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/08039480310000257     Document Type: Article

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