Further validation and reliability testing of the Attitudes and Beliefs about Living with Epilepsy (ABLE) components of the CDC Epilepsy Program Instrument on Stigma

Epilepsy and Behavior

Volumn 8, Issue 3, 2006, Pages 552-559

  Kobau, Rosemarie ^a   DiIorio, Colleen A ^b   Anderson, Lynda A ^c   Price, Patricia H ^a  

^a Health Care and Aging Studies Branch   (United States)

^b EMORY UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c NATIONAL CENTER FOR CHRONIC DISEASE PREVENTION AND HEALTH PROMOTION   (United States)

Author keywords

Attitude assessment; Confirmatory factor analysis; Epilepsy; Scale development; Stigma

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; DEMOGRAPHY; EPILEPSY; FACTORIAL ANALYSIS; FEMALE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PATIENT SAFETY; RELIABILITY; RISK ASSESSMENT; SCORING SYSTEM; STEREOTYPY; VALIDATION PROCESS;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ATTITUDE; DATA COLLECTION; EPILEPSY; FACTOR ANALYSIS, STATISTICAL; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; QUESTIONNAIRES; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; STEREOTYPING;

EID: 33646498077     PISSN: 15255050     EISSN: 15255069     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.yebeh.2006.01.008     Document Type: Article

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