Support for the reliability and validity of a six-item state anxiety scale derived from the state-trait anxiety inventory

Journal of Nursing Measurement

Volumn 17, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 19-28

  Tluczek, Audrey ^a   Henriques, Jeffrey B ^a   Brown, Roger L ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN MADISON   (United States)

Author keywords

Measurement; Psychometric properties; Reliability; State anxiety; State trait anxiety inventory; Validity

Indexed keywords

EID: 69949107593     PISSN: 10613749     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1891/1061-3749.17.1.19     Document Type: Article

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