The usefulness of perceived difficulty for health research

Psychology, Health and Medicine

Volumn 9, Issue 2, 2004, Pages 149-162

  Yzer, Marco C ^a,b   Hennessy, M ^a   Fishbein, M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF AMSTERDAM   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ARTICLE; CONCEPT FORMATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; DATA ANALYSIS; FACTORIAL ANALYSIS; FEMALE; HEALTH BEHAVIOR; HUMAN; MALE; MATHEMATICAL MODEL; MEDICAL ASSESSMENT; MEDICAL RESEARCH; NORMAL HUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE; TASK PERFORMANCE;

EID: 1842735139     PISSN: 13548506     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/13548500410001670681     Document Type: Article

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