Reliability and validity of the attitudes to ageing questionnaire for Canadian and Norwegian older adults

Scandinavian Journal of Caring Sciences

Volumn 24, Issue SUPPL. 1, 2010, Pages 75-85

  Kalfoss, Mary H ^a   Low, Gail ^b   Molzahn, Anita E ^b  

^a VID SPECIALIZED UNIVERSITY   (Norway)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ALBERTA   (Canada)

Author keywords

Ageing; Attitudes to Ageing Questionnaire; Measurement; Reliability; Validation; Validity

Indexed keywords

EID: 78349295662     PISSN: 02839318     EISSN: 14716712     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1471-6712.2010.00786.x     Document Type: Article

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