Sekentei and family caregiving of elders among the Japanese: Development and psychometric evaluation of the Sekentei Scale

Journals of Gerontology - Series B Psychological Sciences and Social Sciences

Volumn 62, Issue 3, 2007, Pages

  Asai, Masayuki O ^a   Kameoka, Velma A ^b  

^a MEISEI UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b UNIVERSITY OF HAWAII   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AGED; ARTICLE; CAREGIVER SUPPORT; CONTROLLED STUDY; CRONBACH ALPHA COEFFICIENT; CULTURAL ANTHROPOLOGY; EUROPEAN AMERICAN; EVALUATION; FAMILY; FEMALE; GERIATRIC CARE; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; HYPOTHESIS; JAPANESE; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROCESS DEVELOPMENT; PSYCHOMETRY; RATING SCALE; RELIABILITY; SEKENTEI SCALE; VALIDITY;

EID: 34248670423     PISSN: 10795014     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/geronb/62.3.S179     Document Type: Article

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