The Parent-Teen Sexual Risk Communication Scale (PTSRC-III): Instrument development and psychometrics

Nursing Research

Volumn 56, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 1-8

  Hutchinson, M Katherine ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Adolescent sexual risk; Measurement; Parent child communication

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; CHILD; CHILD BEHAVIOR; CHILD PARENT RELATION; EVALUATION; FACTORIAL ANALYSIS; FEMALE; HUMAN; INTERPERSONAL COMMUNICATION; MALE; OBSERVER VARIATION; PSYCHOMETRY; QUESTIONNAIRE; REPRODUCIBILITY; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR; SEXUALLY TRANSMITTED DISEASE; UNITED STATES;

ADOLESCENT; ADOLESCENT BEHAVIOR; ADULT; CHILD; COMMUNICATION; FACTOR ANALYSIS, STATISTICAL; FEMALE; HEALTH KNOWLEDGE, ATTITUDES, PRACTICE; HUMANS; MALE; OBSERVER VARIATION; PARENT-CHILD RELATIONS; PARENTING; PSYCHOMETRICS; QUESTIONNAIRES; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR; SEXUALLY TRANSMITTED DISEASES; UNITED STATES;

EID: 33845896005     PISSN: 00296562     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00006199-200701000-00001     Document Type: Article

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