The Chinese Childbirth Self-Efficacy Inventory: The development of a short form

Journal of Clinical Nursing

Volumn 17, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 333-340

  Ip, Wan Yim ^a   Chung, Tony Kh ^b   Tang, Catherine Sk ^a  

^a CHINESE UNIVERSITY OF HONG KONG   (Hong Kong)

^b CHINESE UNIVERSITY OF HONG KONG   (Hong Kong)

Author keywords

Childbirth; Chinese; Midwifery; Nursing; Self efficacy; Short questionnaire; Validity

Indexed keywords

ADAPTIVE BEHAVIOR; ADULT; ARTICLE; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; BIRTH; CHI SQUARE DISTRIBUTION; CHINA; DISCRIMINANT ANALYSIS; ETHNOLOGY; FACTORIAL ANALYSIS; FEMALE; HUMAN; LIFE EVENT; NURSING ASSESSMENT; NURSING EVALUATION RESEARCH; NURSING METHODOLOGY RESEARCH; PARITY; PERSONALITY TEST; PREGNANCY; PREGNANT WOMAN; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; PSYCHOMETRY; QUESTIONNAIRE; SELF CONCEPT; SOCIOECONOMICS; STANDARD; VALIDATION STUDY;

ADAPTATION, PSYCHOLOGICAL; ADULT; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; CHI-SQUARE DISTRIBUTION; CHINA; DISCRIMINANT ANALYSIS; FACTOR ANALYSIS, STATISTICAL; FEMALE; HUMANS; LIFE CHANGE EVENTS; NURSING ASSESSMENT; NURSING EVALUATION RESEARCH; NURSING METHODOLOGY RESEARCH; PARITY; PARTURITION; PERSONALITY INVENTORY; PREGNANCY; PREGNANT WOMEN; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; PSYCHOMETRICS; QUESTIONNAIRES; SELF EFFICACY; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS;

EID: 38149140049     PISSN: 09621067     EISSN: 13652702     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2702.2006.01919.x     Document Type: Article

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