Perceived stress in survivors of suicide: Psychometric properties of the perceived stress scale

Research in Nursing and Health

Volumn 31, Issue 6, 2008, Pages 576-585

  Mitchell, Ann M ^a   Crane, Patricia A ^b   Kim, Yookyung ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PITTSBURGH SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS MEDICAL BRANCH   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF PITTSBURGH   (United States)

Author keywords

Perceived stress scale; Psychometric properties; Stress; Survivors of suicide

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; FEMALE; HEALTH STATUS; HUMAN; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; POSTTRAUMATIC STRESS DISORDER; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; PSYCHOMETRY; QUALITY OF LIFE; QUESTIONNAIRE; REPRODUCIBILITY; STATISTICS; SUICIDE ATTEMPT; SURVIVOR; VALIDATION STUDY;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; FEMALE; HEALTH STATUS; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PSYCHOMETRICS; QUALITY OF LIFE; QUESTIONNAIRES; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; STRESS DISORDERS, POST-TRAUMATIC; SUICIDE, ATTEMPTED; SURVIVORS;

EID: 58149214710     PISSN: 01606891     EISSN: 1098240X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/nur.20284     Document Type: Article

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