A breast cancer fear scale: Psychometric development

Journal of Health Psychology

Volumn 9, Issue 6, 2004, Pages 753-762

  Champion, Victoria L ^a,b,d,e,h   Skinner, Celette Sugg ^a,b,g   Menon, Usha ^c   Rawl, Susan ^a   Giesler, R Brian ^a,f   Monahan, Patrick ^a,f   Daggy, Joanne ^a,f  

^a INDIANA UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b DUKE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF UTAH   (United States)

^d Indiana School of Nursing   (United States)

^e Mary Margaret Walther Program   (United States)

^f INDIANA UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^g DUKE UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^h Center for Nursing Research   (United States)

Author keywords

Breast cancer; Fear; Mammography

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BREAST CANCER; CANCER SCREENING; FACTORIAL ANALYSIS; FEAR; MAMMOGRAPHY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PSYCHOMETRY; RATING SCALE; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; RELIABILITY;

AGED; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; BREAST NEOPLASMS; FACTOR ANALYSIS, STATISTICAL; FEAR; FEMALE; HUMANS; MAMMOGRAPHY; MASS SCREENING; MIDDLE AGED; PSYCHOMETRICS; QUESTIONNAIRES; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; SELF EFFICACY;

EID: 7044235012     PISSN: 13591053     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/1359105304045383     Document Type: Article

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