The daily spiritual experience scale (DSES): Validation of the short form in an elderly french population

Canadian Journal on Aging

Volumn 29, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 223-231

  Bailly, Nathalie ^a   Roussiau, Nicolas ^b  

^a UNIVERSITÉ DE TOURS   (France)

^b UNIVERSITÉ DE NANTES   (France)

Author keywords

elderly; health; life satisfaction; religiosity; sdepression; spirituality

Indexed keywords

AGED; ARTICLE; DEPRESSION; FACTORIAL ANALYSIS; FEMALE; FRANCE; HEALTH STATUS; HUMAN; MALE; PRINCIPAL COMPONENT ANALYSIS; PSYCHOMETRY; QUALITY OF LIFE; QUESTIONNAIRE; RELIGION; VALIDATION STUDY;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; DEPRESSION; FACTOR ANALYSIS, STATISTICAL; FEMALE; FRANCE; HEALTH STATUS; HUMANS; MALE; PRINCIPAL COMPONENT ANALYSIS; PSYCHOMETRICS; QUALITY OF LIFE; QUESTIONNAIRES; SPIRITUALITY;

EID: 79952279393     PISSN: 07149808     EISSN: 17101107     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S0714980810000152     Document Type: Article

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