Reliability and validity of a Swedish language version of the Resilience Scale

Journal of Nursing Measurement

Volumn 12, Issue 3, 2004, Pages 169-178

  Nygren, Björn ^a   Randström, Kerstin Björkman ^b   Lejonklou, Anna K ^c   Lundman, Beril ^a  

^a UMEÅ UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

^b MID SWEDEN UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

^c ÖSTERSUND HOSPITAL   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Reliability; Resilience; Self esteem; Sense of coherence; Validity

Indexed keywords

ADAPTIVE BEHAVIOR; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; EVALUATION; FACTORIAL ANALYSIS; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PSYCHOLOGIC TEST; REPRODUCIBILITY; SELF CONCEPT; SWEDEN;

ADAPTATION, PSYCHOLOGICAL; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; FACTOR ANALYSIS, STATISTICAL; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PSYCHOLOGICAL TESTS; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; SELF CONCEPT; SWEDEN;

EID: 25444471329     PISSN: 10613749     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1891/jnum.12.3.169     Document Type: Article

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