Psychometric properties and factor structure of the Fertility Problem Inventory in a sample of infertile women undergoing fertility treatment

Midwifery

Volumn 27, Issue 5, 2011, Pages 660-667

  Gourounti, K ^a   Anagnostopoulos, F ^b   Vaslamatzis, G ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WEST ATTICA   (Greece)

^b PANTEION UNIVERSITY   (Greece)

^c UNIVERSITY OF ATHENS MEDICAL SCHOOL   (Greece)

Author keywords

Factor structure; Fertility problem inventory; Fertility related stress; Reliability; Translation; Validation; Validity

Indexed keywords

ADAPTIVE BEHAVIOR; ADULT; ANXIETY; ARTICLE; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; FEMALE; FEMALE INFERTILITY; GREECE; HUMAN; INSTRUMENTATION; LANGUAGE; LIFE EVENT; PILOT STUDY; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; PSYCHOMETRY; QUESTIONNAIRE; STANDARD; VALIDATION STUDY; WOMEN'S HEALTH;

ADAPTATION, PSYCHOLOGICAL; ADULT; ANXIETY; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; FEMALE; GREECE; HUMANS; INFERTILITY, FEMALE; LIFE CHANGE EVENTS; PILOT PROJECTS; PSYCHOMETRICS; QUESTIONNAIRES; TRANSLATING; WOMEN'S HEALTH;

EID: 80052689548     PISSN: 02666138     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.midw.2010.02.007     Document Type: Article

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