The Norwegian version of the mini-mental adjustment to cancer scale: Factor structure and psychometric properties

Psycho-Oncology

Volumn 19, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 216-221

  Bredal, Inger Schou ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OSLO   (Norway)

Author keywords

Adjustment; Breast cancer; Cancer; Factor structure; Mini MAC; Oncology

Indexed keywords

ADJUSTMENT; ADULT; AGED; ANXIETY; ARTICLE; ATTITUDE; BREAST CANCER; COGNITION; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HELPLESSNESS; HOPELESSNESS; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MENTAL HEALTH; ONCOLOGY; PRINCIPAL COMPONENT ANALYSIS; PSYCHOMETRY; RELIABILITY; SCORING SYSTEM; VALIDITY; VARIMAX ROTATION;

EID: 76049120445     PISSN: 10579249     EISSN: 10991611     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/pon.1564     Document Type: Article

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