Cross-cultural equivalence and psychometric properties of the Portuguese version of the Depressive Cognition Scale

Journal of Nursing Measurement

Volumn 13, Issue 2, 2005, Pages 87-99

  Sousa, Valmi D ^a,d   Zauszniewski, Jaclene A ^b   Mendes, Isabel A C ^c   Zanetti, Maria L ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF IOWA   (United States)

^b CASE WESTERN RESERVE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF SÃO PAULO   (Brazil)

^d UNIVERSITY OF IOWA COLLEGE OF NURSING   (United States)

Author keywords

Back translation; Cross cultural equivalency; Depressive Cognition Scale; Escala Cognitiva de Depress o; Psychometric properties; Semantic equivalency

Indexed keywords

EID: 30744471951     PISSN: 10613749     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1891/jnum.2005.13.2.87     Document Type: Article

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