Psychometric testing of the perception of pregnancy risk questionnaire

Research in Nursing and Health

Volumn 32, Issue 5, 2009, Pages 493-503

  Heaman, Maureen I ^a   Gupton, Annette L ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MANITOBA   (Canada)

Author keywords

Factor analysis; Instrument development; Perception of risk; Pregnancy risk; Psychometric testing; Reliability; Validity; Visual analogue scaling

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; CANADA; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; EVALUATION; FACTORIAL ANALYSIS; FEMALE; HEALTH BEHAVIOR; HIGH RISK BEHAVIOR; HUMAN; PREGNANCY; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; PSYCHOMETRY; QUESTIONNAIRE; REPRODUCIBILITY; SELF CONCEPT; VALIDATION STUDY;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; FACTOR ANALYSIS, STATISTICAL; FEMALE; HEALTH BEHAVIOR; HUMANS; MANITOBA; PREGNANCY; PSYCHOMETRICS; QUESTIONNAIRES; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; RISK-TAKING; SELF CONCEPT;

EID: 70349335532     PISSN: 01606891     EISSN: 1098240X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/nur.20342     Document Type: Article

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