The State of Measurement of Self-Esteem of African American Women

Journal of Transcultural Nursing

Volumn 18, Issue 3, 2007, Pages 224-232

  Hatcher, Jennifer ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF KENTUCKY   (United States)

Author keywords

African American women; measurement; Rosenberg Self Esteem Scale; self esteem

Indexed keywords

AFRICAN AMERICAN; ARTICLE; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; ETHNOLOGY; FEMALE; HEALTH SERVICE; HUMAN; METHODOLOGY; NURSING ASSESSMENT; NURSING EVALUATION RESEARCH; NURSING METHODOLOGY RESEARCH; PERSONALITY TEST; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; PSYCHOMETRY; QUESTIONNAIRE; REPRODUCIBILITY; SELF CONCEPT; SOCIAL PSYCHOLOGY; STANDARD;

AFRICAN AMERICANS; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; FEMALE; HEALTH KNOWLEDGE, ATTITUDES, PRACTICE; HEALTH SERVICES NEEDS AND DEMAND; HUMANS; NURSING ASSESSMENT; NURSING EVALUATION RESEARCH; NURSING METHODOLOGY RESEARCH; PERSONALITY INVENTORY; PREJUDICE; PSYCHOMETRICS; QUESTIONNAIRES; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; RESEARCH DESIGN; SELF CONCEPT; WOMEN;

EID: 34250842718     PISSN: 10436596     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/1043659607301299     Document Type: Article

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