Development and validation of the paediatric cancer coping scale

Journal of Advanced Nursing

Volumn 67, Issue 5, 2011, Pages 1142-1151

  Wu, Li Min ^a   Chin, Chi Chun ^b   Chen, Chung Hey ^b,c   Lai, Fei Chen ^d   Tseng, Yueh Ying ^e  

^a FOOYIN UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

^b KAOHSIUNG MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

^c NATIONAL CHENG KUNG UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

^d Department of Nursing Changhua Christian Hospital ^*  (Taiwan)

^e KAOHSIUNG MEDICAL UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

Anxiety; Childhood cancer; Coping; Paediatric Cancer Coping Scale; Resilience

Indexed keywords

ADAPTIVE BEHAVIOR; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ANXIETY; ARTICLE; CHILD; CLASSIFICATION; COPING BEHAVIOR; CULTURAL FACTOR; FACTORIAL ANALYSIS; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; MENTAL STRESS; NEOPLASM; NURSING METHODOLOGY RESEARCH; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; PSYCHOMETRY; QUESTIONNAIRE; REPRODUCIBILITY; TAIWAN; VALIDATION STUDY;

ADAPTATION, PSYCHOLOGICAL; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ANXIETY; CHILD; CULTURAL CHARACTERISTICS; FACTOR ANALYSIS, STATISTICAL; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; NEOPLASMS; NURSING METHODOLOGY RESEARCH; PSYCHOMETRICS; QUESTIONNAIRES; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; RESILIENCE, PSYCHOLOGICAL; STRESS, PSYCHOLOGICAL; TAIWAN; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 79954614835     PISSN: 03092402     EISSN: 13652648     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2648.2010.05567.x     Document Type: Article

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