Developing a spouse version of the Illness Perception Questionnaire-Revised (IPQ-R) for husbands of women with rheumatoid arthritis

Psychology and Health

Volumn 24, Issue 4, 2009, Pages 473-487

  Sterba, Katherine Regan ^a   DeVellis, Robert F ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT AUSTIN   (United States)

^b IL   (United States)

Author keywords

Illness perceptions; Initial validation; Rheumatoid arthritis; Spouses

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; FACTORIAL ANALYSIS; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; PERCEPTION; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; QUESTIONNAIRE; RHEUMATOID ARTHRITIS; SPOUSE; STANDARD; WOMEN'S HEALTH;

ARTHRITIS, RHEUMATOID; FACTOR ANALYSIS, STATISTICAL; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; PERCEPTION; QUESTIONNAIRES; SPOUSES; WOMEN'S HEALTH;

EID: 70449565779     PISSN: 08870446     EISSN: 14768321     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/08870440701867788     Document Type: Article

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