Reliability and validity of the perspectives of support from god scale

Nursing Research

Volumn 59, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 102-109

  Hamilton, Jill B ^a   Crandell, Jamie L ^a   Carter, J Kameron ^b   Lynn, Mary R ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA   (United States)

^b DUKE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

African Americans; Cancer; Spiritual support

Indexed keywords

AFRICAN AMERICAN; AGED; CONTROL; ETHNOLOGY; FACTORIAL ANALYSIS; FEMALE; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; MALE; METHODOLOGY; MIDDLE AGED; NEOPLASM; NURSING ASSESSMENT; PREDICTION AND FORECASTING; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; QUALITY OF LIFE; QUESTIONNAIRE; RELIGION; REVIEW; STANDARD; SURVIVOR; UNITED STATES; VALIDATION STUDY;

AFRICAN AMERICANS; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; FACTOR ANALYSIS, STATISTICAL; FEMALE; HUMANS; INTERNAL-EXTERNAL CONTROL; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NEOPLASMS; NURSING ASSESSMENT; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; QUALITY OF LIFE; QUESTIONNAIRES; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; SPIRITUALITY; SURVIVORS; UNITED STATES;

EID: 77949344956     PISSN: 00296562     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/NNR.0b013e3181d1b265     Document Type: Review

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