Development and testing of the social capital scale for families of children with special health care needs

Research in Nursing and Health

Volumn 29, Issue 4, 2006, Pages 325-336

  Looman, Wendy Sue ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA   (United States)

Author keywords

Chronic conditions; Families; Instrument development; Social capital

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CAREGIVER; CHILD; CHRONIC DISEASE; COMMUNITY CARE; FAMILY; HUMAN; INFORMATION PROCESSING; PSYCHOMETRY; REPRODUCIBILITY; SOCIAL SUPPORT;

ADULT; CAREGIVERS; CHILD; CHRONIC DISEASE; COMMUNITY NETWORKS; DATA COLLECTION; FAMILY; HUMANS; PSYCHOMETRICS; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; SOCIAL SUPPORT;

EID: 33748098908     PISSN: 01606891     EISSN: 1098240X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/nur.20148     Document Type: Article

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