Reliability of the Marlowe-Crowne social desirability scale in Ethiopia, Kenya, Mozambique, and Uganda

BMC Medical Research Methodology

Volumn 11, Issue , 2011, Pages

  Vu, Alexander ^a,b   Tran, Nhan ^b   Pham, Kiemanh ^a   Ahmed, Saifuddin ^b  

^a JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b JOHNS HOPKINS BLOOMBERG SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; CLINICAL TRIAL; ETHIOPIA; FEMALE; HUMAN; INTERVIEW; KENYA; LANGUAGE; MALE; MOZAMBIQUE; MULTICENTER STUDY; PUBLICATION; QUESTIONNAIRE; REPRODUCIBILITY; SOCIAL DESIRABILITY; STANDARD; UGANDA;

ADOLESCENT; ETHIOPIA; FEMALE; HUMANS; INTERVIEWS AS TOPIC; KENYA; LANGUAGE; MALE; MOZAMBIQUE; QUESTIONNAIRES; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; SOCIAL DESIRABILITY; TRANSLATIONS; UGANDA; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 82455168267     PISSN: None     EISSN: 14712288     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1471-2288-11-162     Document Type: Article

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