The development and validation of the health proneness questionnaire

Journal of Clinical Psychology in Medical Settings

Volumn 13, Issue 4, 2006, Pages 411-419

  Erickson, Deborah ^a   Stapleton, Fiona ^b   Erickson, Paul ^c   Giannokopoulos, Emmy ^b   Wilson, Clare ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ROCHESTER   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NEW SOUTH WALES   (Australia)

^c Bausch and Lomb ^*  (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF PORTSMOUTH   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Behavioral medicine; Health behaviors; Health proneness; Health related quality of life; Personality profiles; Scale development

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CHRONIC DISEASE; DISEASE SEVERITY; FACTORIAL ANALYSIS; FEMALE; HEALTH BEHAVIOR; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MYOPIA; PATIENT ATTITUDE; PRESBYOPIA; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PSYCHOLOGICAL WELL BEING; PSYCHOMETRY; QUALITY OF LIFE; QUESTIONNAIRE; SELF CONCEPT; VALIDATION PROCESS; VISUAL DISORDER;

EID: 33750170981     PISSN: 10689583     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10880-006-9040-9     Document Type: Article

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