Chinese translation and validation of the Nowicki-Strickland locus of control scale for children

International Journal of Nursing Studies

Volumn 41, Issue 5, 2004, Pages 463-469

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

^a CHINESE UNIVERSITY OF HONG KONG   (Hong Kong)

Author keywords

Chinese children; Locus of control; Psychometric property; Reliability; Validity

Indexed keywords

ANALYTIC METHOD; CHINESE; CLINICAL PRACTICE; CONTROLLED STUDY; EVALUATION; FEASIBILITY STUDY; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; LANGUAGE; MALE; MEASUREMENT; NORWICKI STRICKLAND LOCUS OF CONTROL SCALE FOR CHILDREN; NURSING; POPULATION; PSYCHOMETRY; RELIABILITY; REVIEW; SCHOOL CHILD; VALIDATION PROCESS;

EID: 2342574919     PISSN: 00207489     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ijnurstu.2003.12.001     Document Type: Article

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