A multicenter study on validity of the Medical Student Stressor Questionnaire (MSSQ)

International Medical Journal

Volumn 18, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 14-18

  Yusoff, Muhamad Saiful Bahri ^a  

^a SCHOOL OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (Malaysia)

Author keywords

Medical students; MSSQ; Reliability; Stressors; Validity

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CRONBACH ALPHA COEFFICIENT; FEMALE; HUMAN; INSTRUMENTATION; INTERNAL CONSISTENCY; MALAYSIA; MALE; MEDICAL SCHOOL; MEDICAL STUDENT; MEDICAL STUDENT STRESSOR QUESTIONNAIRE; NORMAL HUMAN; PSYCHOMETRY; QUESTIONNAIRE; RELIABILITY; VALIDITY;

EID: 79960219266     PISSN: 13412051     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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