Development and psychometric properties of the Thinking about Epilepsy questionnaire assessing children's knowledge and attitudes about epilepsy

Epilepsy and Behavior

Volumn 10, Issue 4, 2007, Pages 595-603

  Martiniuk, Alexandra L C ^a   Speechley, Kathy N ^b,c   Secco, Mary ^d   Karen Campbell, M ^b,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SYDNEY   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN ONTARIO   (Canada)

^c CHILDREN S HEALTH RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Canada)

^d Canadian Epilepsy Alliance   (Canada)

Author keywords

Attitudes; Children; Epilepsy; Knowledge; Questionnaire development; Reliability; Stigma; Validity

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; ATTITUDE TO ILLNESS; CONSTRUCT VALIDITY; CONTENT VALIDITY; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; CRONBACH ALPHA COEFFICIENT; DEMOGRAPHY; EDUCATION PROGRAM; EPILEPSY; FACE VALIDITY; FACTORIAL ANALYSIS; FEMALE; HEALTH EDUCATION; HUMAN; MALE; PRIMARY SCHOOL; PSYCHOMETRY; QUESTIONNAIRE; RELIABILITY; SCHOOL CHILD; STUDENT ATTITUDE;

ADOLESCENT; CHILD; EPILEPSY; FACTOR ANALYSIS, STATISTICAL; FEMALE; HEALTH KNOWLEDGE, ATTITUDES, PRACTICE; HUMANS; MALE; ONTARIO; PSYCHOMETRICS; QUESTIONNAIRES; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS;

EID: 34248662441     PISSN: 15255050     EISSN: 15255069     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.yebeh.2007.01.011     Document Type: Article

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