The Management of Aggression and Violence Attitude Scale (MAVAS): A cross-national comparative study

Journal of Advanced Nursing

Volumn 62, Issue 5, 2008, Pages 596-606

  Duxbury, Joy ^a   Hahn, Sabine ^b   Needham, Ian ^c   Pulsford, Dave ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CENTRAL LANCASHIRE   (United Kingdom)

^b BERN UNIVERSITY OF APPLIED SCIENCES   (Switzerland)

^c FHO Fachhochschule Ostschweiz   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Aggression management; Attitudes; Management of Aggression and Violence Attitude Scale; Mental health; Survey designs; Transcultural nursing; Violence

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGGRESSION; ARTICLE; CLINICAL TRIAL; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CULTURAL FACTOR; ETHNOLOGY; FEMALE; HEALTH PERSONNEL ATTITUDE; HUMAN; MALE; MENTAL DISEASE; MENTAL HOSPITAL; METHODOLOGY; MULTICENTER STUDY; NURSING; NURSING METHODOLOGY RESEARCH; NURSING STAFF; PSYCHIATRIC NURSING; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; QUESTIONNAIRE; SWITZERLAND; UNITED KINGDOM; VIOLENCE;

ADULT; AGGRESSION; ATTITUDE OF HEALTH PERSONNEL; CROSS-CULTURAL COMPARISON; FEMALE; GREAT BRITAIN; HOSPITALS, PSYCHIATRIC; HUMANS; MALE; MENTAL DISORDERS; NURSING METHODOLOGY RESEARCH; NURSING STAFF, HOSPITAL; PSYCHIATRIC NURSING; QUESTIONNAIRES; SWITZERLAND; VIOLENCE;

EID: 43949102069     PISSN: 03092402     EISSN: 13652648     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2648.2008.04629.x     Document Type: Article

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