Measuring stigma in children with epilepsy and their parents: Instrument development and testing

Epilepsy and Behavior

Volumn 5, Issue 4, 2004, Pages 472-482

  Austin, Joan K ^a   MacLeod, Jessica ^a   Dunn, David W ^b   Shen, Jianzhao ^b   Perkins, Susan M ^b  

^a INDIANA UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF NURSING   (United States)

^b INDIANA UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Children and adolescents; Epilepsy; Instrument development; Parents; Stigma

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; ATTITUDE; CHILD; CHILDHOOD DISEASE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORRELATION FUNCTION; DATA ANALYSIS; DEPRESSION; DISEASE SEVERITY; EMOTIONALITY; EPILEPSY; FAMILY LIFE; FEMALE; HUMAN; LEISURE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MOOD; PARENTAL BEHAVIOR; PSYCHOMETRY; RATING SCALE; RELIABILITY; SAMPLING; SCORING SYSTEM; SEIZURE; SELF CONCEPT; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR; SYMPTOMATOLOGY; VALIDATION PROCESS;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; CHILD; DEMOGRAPHY; EPILEPSY; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; PARENTS; PSYCHOMETRICS; QUESTIONNAIRES; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; SELF CONCEPT; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SICKNESS IMPACT PROFILE;

EID: 4043172875     PISSN: 15255050     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.yebeh.2004.04.008     Document Type: Article

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