Focus on research methods: A new methodological approach in nursing research: An actor, partner, and interaction effect model for family outcomes

Research in Nursing and Health

Volumn 26, Issue 5, 2003, Pages 409-419

  Rayens, Mary Kay ^a   Svavarsdottir, Erla Kolbrun ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF KENTUCKY COLLEGE OF NURSING   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ICELAND   (Iceland)

Author keywords

Dyadic data; Measurements; Methodological issues; Statistical procedure

Indexed keywords

ASTHMA; CLINICAL RESEARCH; DATA ANALYSIS; FAMILY; HUMAN; METHODOLOGY; NURSING; OUTCOMES RESEARCH; REVIEW; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; STATISTICAL MODEL; ADAPTIVE BEHAVIOR; ADULT; ARTICLE; CAREGIVER; CHILD; FAMILY HEALTH; FAMILY NURSING; FEMALE; HUMAN RELATION; ICELAND; MALE; MODEL; NURSING METHODOLOGY RESEARCH; PATIENT CARE; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; PSYCHOLOGICAL MODEL; QUESTIONNAIRE; UNITED STATES;

ADAPTATION, PSYCHOLOGICAL; ADULT; ASTHMA; CAREGIVERS; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; FAMILY; FAMILY HEALTH; FAMILY NURSING; FEMALE; HUMANS; ICELAND; INTERPERSONAL RELATIONS; LINEAR MODELS; MALE; MODELS, NURSING; MODELS, PSYCHOLOGICAL; NURSING METHODOLOGY RESEARCH; PATIENT-CENTERED CARE; QUESTIONNAIRES; UNITED STATES;

EID: 0642337750     PISSN: 01606891     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/nur.10100     Document Type: Review

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