Children's Emotional Manifestation Scale: Development and testing

Journal of Clinical Nursing

Volumn 14, Issue 2, 2005, Pages 223-229

  Li, Ho Cheung William ^a   Lopez, Violeta ^a  

^a CHINESE UNIVERSITY OF HONG KONG   (Hong Kong)

Author keywords

Behaviour observation; Children; Emotional distress; Psychological upset; State anxiety; Surgery

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CHILD; CHILD BEHAVIOR; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; EMOTION; EMOTIONAL STRESS; HUMAN; PSYCHOMETRY; RELIABILITY; STRESS;

AMBULATORY SURGICAL PROCEDURES; CHILD; CHILD BEHAVIOR; CHILD PSYCHOLOGY; COOPERATIVE BEHAVIOR; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; EMOTIONS; FACIAL EXPRESSION; FEMALE; HONG KONG; HUMANS; MALE; NURSING ASSESSMENT; NURSING EVALUATION RESEARCH; OBSERVER VARIATION; PSYCHIATRIC STATUS RATING SCALES; PSYCHOMETRICS; SELECTION BIAS; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; STRESS, PSYCHOLOGICAL; VERBAL BEHAVIOR;

EID: 13444257681     PISSN: 09621067     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2702.2004.01031.x     Document Type: Article

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