Psychometric properties of the cervical smear belief inventory for Chinese women

International Journal of Behavioral Medicine

Volumn 12, Issue 3, 2005, Pages 180-191

  Hou, Su I ^a   Luh, Wei Ming ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GEORGIA   (United States)

^b NATIONAL CHENG KUNG UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

Cervical smear; Chinese women; Construct validity; Factor analysis; Item discrimination; Reliability

Indexed keywords

ACADEMIC ACHIEVEMENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; CHINESE; COST; CULTURAL ANTHROPOLOGY; DEMOGRAPHY; DISCRIMINANT ANALYSIS; DISEASE PREDISPOSITION; EMPLOYMENT; FACTORIAL ANALYSIS; FEMALE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MARRIAGE; PSYCHOMETRY; RELIABILITY; TAIWAN; UTERINE CERVIX CYTOLOGY;

ADULT; CHINA; CULTURAL CHARACTERISTICS; FEMALE; GUIDELINE ADHERENCE; HUMANS; MASS SCREENING; MIDDLE AGED; PATIENT COMPLIANCE; PSYCHOMETRICS; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SEXUAL ABSTINENCE; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR; UTERINE CERVICAL NEOPLASMS; VAGINAL SMEARS;

EID: 23844529533     PISSN: 10705503     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1207/s15327558ijbm1203_7     Document Type: Article

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