Agents of support: Psychometric properties of the Cancer Perceived Agents of Social Support (CPASS) questionnaire

Psycho-Oncology

Volumn 19, Issue 11, 2010, Pages 1179-1186

  Goldzweig, Gil ^a   Hasson Ohayon, Ilanit ^b   Meirovitz, Amichay ^c   Braun, Michal ^c   Hubert, Ayala ^c   Baider, Lea ^c  

^a ACADEMIC COLLEGE OF TEL AVIV YAFFO   (Israel)

^b BAR ILAN UNIVERSITY   (Israel)

^c HADASSAH HEBREW UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (Israel)

Author keywords

cancer; CPASS; oncology; reliability; social support; validity

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; BRIEF SYMPTOM INVENTORY; CANCER PATIENT; CANCER PERCEIVED AGENTS OF SOCIAL SUPPORT QUESTIONNAIRE; CANCER STAGING; COGNITION; CRONBACH ALPHA COEFFICIENT; EMOTION; ENRICH MARITAL SATISFACTION SCALE; EVALUATION; FAMILY; FEMALE; FRIEND; HUMAN; ISRAEL; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PRINCIPAL COMPONENT ANALYSIS; PSYCHOMETRY; QUESTIONNAIRE; RATING SCALE; RELIGION; SELF CONCEPT; SOCIAL SUPPORT; SPOUSE;

ADAPTATION, PSYCHOLOGICAL; ADULT; AGED; FACTOR ANALYSIS, STATISTICAL; FAMILY; FEMALE; FRIENDS; HUMANS; ISRAEL; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NEOPLASMS; PSYCHOMETRICS; QUESTIONNAIRES; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SOCIAL SUPPORT; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS; SPIRITUALITY; SPOUSES;

EID: 78349258616     PISSN: 10579249     EISSN: 10991611     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/pon.1668     Document Type: Article

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