Index of sources of stress in nursing students: A confirmatory factor analysis

Journal of Advanced Nursing

Volumn 65, Issue 5, 2009, Pages 1095-1102

  Dempster, Martin ^a   Gibbons, Chris ^b   Moutray, Marianne ^a  

^a QUEEN'S UNIVERSITY BELFAST   (United Kingdom)

^b NONE

Author keywords

Confirmatory factor analysis; Hassles; Index of sources of stress in nursing students; Instrument validation; Uplifts

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; FACTORIAL ANALYSIS; HUMAN; MENTAL STRESS; NURSING EDUCATION; NURSING STUDENT; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; PSYCHOMETRY; REPRODUCIBILITY; UNITED KINGDOM;

EDUCATION, NURSING; FACTOR ANALYSIS, STATISTICAL; HUMANS; NORTHERN IRELAND; PSYCHOMETRICS; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; STRESS, PSYCHOLOGICAL; STUDENTS, NURSING;

EID: 63849228797     PISSN: 03092402     EISSN: 13652648     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2648.2009.04972.x     Document Type: Article

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