The structure of a web-based HIV testing belief inventory (wHITBI) for college students: The evidence of construct validation

Medical Informatics and the Internet in Medicine

Volumn 32, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 83-92

  Hou, Su I ^a   Luh, Wei Ming ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GEORGIA   (United States)

^b NATIONAL CHENG KUNG UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

Beliefs; College students; Factor analysis; HIV testing; Internet

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; COLLEGE STUDENT; CONSTRUCT VALIDITY; CONTROLLED STUDY; FACTORIAL ANALYSIS; FEMALE; HEALTH BEHAVIOR; HEALTH BELIEF; HEALTH EDUCATION; HEALTH PROMOTION; HUMAN; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS INFECTION; INFECTION RISK; INTERNAL CONSISTENCY; INTERNET; MALE; PSYCHOMETRY; RELIABILITY; SOCIAL BELIEF; UNITED STATES;

ADULT; AIDS SERODIAGNOSIS; FACTOR ANALYSIS, STATISTICAL; FEMALE; HIV INFECTIONS; HUMANS; INTERNET; MALE; PSYCHOMETRICS; QUESTIONNAIRES; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; STUDENTS; UNIVERSITIES;

EID: 34250211495     PISSN: 14639238     EISSN: 14645246     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/14639230601125134     Document Type: Article

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