Evaluation of the Perception of Aggression Scale (POAS) in Swedish nurses

Nordic Journal of Psychiatry

Volumn 60, Issue 6, 2006, Pages 447-451

  Palmstierna, Tom ^a   Barredal, Eva ^a  

^a KAROLINSKA INSTITUTE   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Aggression; Staff attitude; Violence

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGGRESSION; ARTICLE; ATTITUDE TO MENTAL ILLNESS; CLINICAL COMPETENCE; CONSTRUCT VALIDITY; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; FACTORIAL ANALYSIS; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; MALE; MULTIPLE REGRESSION; NORMAL HUMAN; NURSE ATTITUDE; NURSE PRACTITIONER; NURSING EDUCATION; PERCEPTION OF AGGRESSION SCALE; PRINCIPAL COMPONENT ANALYSIS; QUESTIONNAIRE; RATING SCALE; SEX DIFFERENCE; SWEDEN; VALIDATION PROCESS; VIOLENCE; WORKPLACE VIOLENCE;

ADULT; AGGRESSION; ATTITUDE OF HEALTH PERSONNEL; FACTOR ANALYSIS, STATISTICAL; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; NURSE-PATIENT RELATIONS; NURSES; PATIENTS; PROFESSIONAL COMPETENCE; PSYCHIATRIC NURSING; QUESTIONNAIRES; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; SWEDEN;

EID: 33845427433     PISSN: 08039488     EISSN: 15024725     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/08039480601021803     Document Type: Article

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