Development of a scale to determine enrollment barriers into Allied Health Programs

Measurement in Physical Education and Exercise Science

Volumn 15, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 47-66

  Barfield, J P ^a   Folio, M Rhonda ^a   Lam, Eddie T C ^b   Zhang, James J ^c  

^a TENNESSEE TECHNOLOGICAL UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b CLEVELAND STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF FLORIDA   (United States)

Author keywords

academic motivation; college outcomes; confirmatory factor analysis; health education; majors (students)

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ALLIED HEALTH EDUCATION; ARTICLE; COLLEGE; COLLEGE STUDENT; EDUCATION PROGRAM; ENVIRONMENTAL FACTOR; FEMALE; HEALTH EDUCATION; HUMAN; INFORMATION PROCESSING; MALE; MEASUREMENT; MEDICAL STUDENT; NORMAL HUMAN; PEER REVIEW; PILOT STUDY; RATING SCALE; RESEARCH SUBJECT; SCALE OF ALLIED HEALTH EDUCATION BARRIERS; SELF CARE; SELF CONCEPT; SOCIAL COGNITIVE THEORY; SOCIAL PSYCHOLOGY; UNIVERSITY;

EID: 79551588544     PISSN: 1091367X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/1091367X.2011.544970     Document Type: Article

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