Nursing Students' Attitudes to Mental Health Nursing: Psychometric Properties of a Self-report Scale

Archives of Psychiatric Nursing

Volumn 23, Issue 5, 2009, Pages 376-386

  Happell, Brenda ^a,b,c  

^a nee Hayman White), Karla   (Australia)

^b nee Hayman White), Karla   (Australia)

^c nee Hayman White), Karla   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; AUSTRALIA; COMPARATIVE STUDY; DECISION MAKING; EDUCATION; EVALUATION; FACTORIAL ANALYSIS; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE SURVEY; HUMAN; MALE; MANPOWER; NURSING STUDENT; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; PSYCHIATRIC NURSING; PSYCHOMETRY; QUESTIONNAIRE; REPRODUCIBILITY;

CAREER CHOICE; FACTOR ANALYSIS, STATISTICAL; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE SURVEYS; HEALTH KNOWLEDGE, ATTITUDES, PRACTICE; HUMANS; MALE; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; PSYCHIATRIC NURSING; PSYCHOMETRICS; QUESTIONNAIRES; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; STUDENTS, NURSING; VICTORIA;

EID: 70249089085     PISSN: 08839417     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.apnu.2008.10.005     Document Type: Article

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