The Resilience Scale: Psychometric Properties and Clinical Applicability in Older Adults

Archives of Psychiatric Nursing

Volumn 25, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 11-20

  Resnick, Barbara A ^a   Inguito, Pia L ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF DELAWARE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AGED; ARTICLE; COPING BEHAVIOR; EXERCISE; FACTORIAL ANALYSIS; FEMALE; HIP FRACTURE; HOME FOR THE AGED; HUMAN; MALE; PRINCIPAL COMPONENT ANALYSIS; PSYCHOLOGIC TEST; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; PSYCHOMETRY; REPRODUCIBILITY; SELF CONCEPT; UNITED STATES; VALIDATION STUDY;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; EXERCISE; FACTOR ANALYSIS, STATISTICAL; FEMALE; HIP FRACTURES; HOUSING FOR THE ELDERLY; HUMANS; MALE; MARYLAND; PRINCIPAL COMPONENT ANALYSIS; PSYCHOLOGICAL TESTS; PSYCHOMETRICS; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; RESILIENCE, PSYCHOLOGICAL; SELF EFFICACY;

EID: 78651500465     PISSN: 08839417     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.apnu.2010.05.001     Document Type: Article

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