Relationship between nursing students' epistemological beliefs and locus of control

Nurse Education Today

Volumn 30, Issue 7, 2010, Pages 680-686

  Yilmaz, Aylin ^a   Kaya, Hülya ^a  

^a KING'S COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Epistemological beliefs; Locus of control; Nurse education; Nursing students

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ARTICLE; CONTROL; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; CULTURAL ANTHROPOLOGY; CURRICULUM; DEMOGRAPHY; EDUCATION; ETHNOLOGY; FEMALE; HEALTH PERSONNEL ATTITUDE; HEALTH SERVICE; HUMAN; KNOWLEDGE; MALE; NURSING EDUCATION; NURSING METHODOLOGY RESEARCH; NURSING STUDENT; PARENT; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; QUESTIONNAIRE; SOCIOECONOMICS; STATISTICS; TURKEY (REPUBLIC);

ADOLESCENT; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ATTITUDE OF HEALTH PERSONNEL; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; CULTURE; CURRICULUM; EDUCATION, NURSING, BACCALAUREATE; FEMALE; HEALTH SERVICES NEEDS AND DEMAND; HUMANS; INTERNAL-EXTERNAL CONTROL; KNOWLEDGE; MALE; NURSING METHODOLOGY RESEARCH; PARENTS; QUESTIONNAIRES; RESIDENCE CHARACTERISTICS; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS; STUDENTS, NURSING; TURKEY; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 77956094683     PISSN: 02606917     EISSN: 15322793     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.nedt.2010.01.005     Document Type: Article

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