The postpartum support questionnaire: Psychometric Properties in Adolescents

Journal of Child and Adolescent Psychiatric Nursing

Volumn 19, Issue 3, 2006, Pages 145-156

  Logsdon, M Cynthia ^a   Usui, Wayne M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LOUISVILLE   (United States)

Author keywords

Adolescent; Questionnaires; Social support

Indexed keywords

ADAPTIVE BEHAVIOR; ADOLESCENT; ADOLESCENT PREGNANCY; AFRICAN AMERICAN; AGE; ARTICLE; CAUCASIAN; CHILD PSYCHOLOGY; EDUCATION; FACTORIAL ANALYSIS; FEMALE; HUMAN; MOTHER; NURSING EVALUATION RESEARCH; PATIENT EDUCATION; PREGNANCY; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; PSYCHOMETRY; PUERPERIUM; QUESTIONNAIRE; SOCIAL SUPPORT; STANDARD; STATISTICS; UNITED STATES; URBAN POPULATION; VALIDATION STUDY;

ADAPTATION, PSYCHOLOGICAL; ADOLESCENT; ADOLESCENT PSYCHOLOGY; AFRICAN AMERICANS; AGE FACTORS; EUROPEAN CONTINENTAL ANCESTRY GROUP; FACTOR ANALYSIS, STATISTICAL; FEMALE; HUMANS; KENTUCKY; MOTHERS; NURSING EVALUATION RESEARCH; PATIENT EDUCATION; POSTPARTUM PERIOD; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY IN ADOLESCENCE; PSYCHOMETRICS; QUESTIONNAIRES; SOCIAL SUPPORT; URBAN POPULATION;

EID: 33750125809     PISSN: 10736077     EISSN: 17446171     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1744-6171.2006.00062.x     Document Type: Article

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