Development and testing of the resourcefulness scale for older adults

Journal of Nursing Measurement

Volumn 14, Issue 1, 2006, Pages 57-68

  Zauszniewski, Jaclene A ^a   Lai, Chien Yu ^b   Tithiphontumrong, Sukuma ^c  

^a CASE WESTERN RESERVE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b KAOHSIUNG MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

^c THAI RED CROSS AIDS RESEARCH CENTRE   (Thailand)

Author keywords

Help seeking; Personal resourcefulness; Self control; Self help; Social resourcefulness

Indexed keywords

EID: 33745463963     PISSN: 10613749     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1891/jnum.14.1.57     Document Type: Article

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