Reliability, validity and factor structure of the Appraisal of Self-Care Agency Scale - Revised (ASAS-R)

Journal of Evaluation in Clinical Practice

Volumn 16, Issue 6, 2010, Pages 1031-1040

  Sousa, Valmi D ^a   Zauszniewski, Jaclene A ^b   Bergquist Beringer, Sandra ^a   Musil, Carol M ^b   Neese, Jane B ^c   Jaber, Ala'A F ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF KANSAS SCHOOL OF NURSING   (United States)

^b CASE WESTERN RESERVE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA AT CHARLOTTE   (United States)

Author keywords

Appraisal of Self Care Agency Scale; confirmatory factor analysis; exploratory factor analysis; scale development

Indexed keywords

ADULT; APPRAISAL OF SELF CARE AGENCY SCALE REVISED; ARTICLE; CONSTRUCT VALIDITY; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; CRONBACH ALPHA COEFFICIENT; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; FACTORIAL ANALYSIS; FEMALE; HEALTH PROMOTING LIFESTYLE PROFILE II; HEALTH PROMOTION; HUMAN; INTERNAL CONSISTENCY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MATHEMATICAL MODEL; NAMED INVENTORIES, QUESTIONNAIRES AND RATING SCALES; PRINCIPAL COMPONENT ANALYSIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PSYCHOMETRY; RELIABILITY; SCORING SYSTEM; SELF CARE AGENCY; STATISTICS;

ADULT; CHRONIC DISEASE; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; FACTOR ANALYSIS, STATISTICAL; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PATIENT EDUCATION AS TOPIC; PSYCHOACOUSTICS; SELF CARE; SELF-ASSESSMENT; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 78650627260     PISSN: 13561294     EISSN: 13652753     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2753.2009.01242.x     Document Type: Article

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