Development and psychometric properties of the inner strength scale

International Journal of Nursing Studies

Volumn 48, Issue 10, 2011, Pages 1266-1274

  Lundman, Berit ^a   Viglund, Kerstin ^a   Aléx, Lena ^a   Jonsén, Elisabeth ^a   Norberg, Astrid ^a,b   Fischer, Regina Santamäki ^a,c   Strandberg, Gunilla ^a   Nygren, Björn ^a  

^a UMEÅ UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

^b Ersta Skondal University College   (Sweden)

^c University of Applied Sciences   (Finland)

Author keywords

Inner Strength Scale; Instrument development; Resilience Scale; Rosenberg Self Esteem Scale; Sense of Coherence Scale

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; FACTORIAL ANALYSIS; HUMAN; MIDDLE AGED; PRINCIPAL COMPONENT ANALYSIS; PSYCHOMETRY; SWEDEN; VALIDATION STUDY;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; FACTOR ANALYSIS, STATISTICAL; HUMANS; MIDDLE AGED; PRINCIPAL COMPONENT ANALYSIS; PSYCHOMETRICS; SWEDEN;

EID: 80053191580     PISSN: 00207489     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ijnurstu.2011.03.006     Document Type: Article

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