The causal attributions of nursing students toward adolescent survivors of brain injury

Nursing Research

Volumn 61, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 58-65

  Linden, Mark A ^a   McClure, John ^b  

^a QUEEN'S UNIVERSITY BELFAST   (United Kingdom)

^b VICTORIA UNIVERSITY OF WELLINGTON   (New Zealand)

Author keywords

attributions; locus of control; nurse attitudes; survivors of brain injury

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ARTICLE; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; BRAIN INJURY; CHILD BEHAVIOR; COMPARATIVE STUDY; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN RELATION; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NURSING STUDENT; PERCEPTION; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; SOCIAL PSYCHOLOGY; STUDENT;

ADOLESCENT; ADOLESCENT BEHAVIOR; ADULT; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; BRAIN INJURIES; FEMALE; HEALTH KNOWLEDGE, ATTITUDES, PRACTICE; HUMANS; INTERPERSONAL RELATIONS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PREJUDICE; SOCIAL PERCEPTION; STUDENTS; STUDENTS, NURSING; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 83655197730     PISSN: 00296562     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/NNR.0b013e31823ca253     Document Type: Article

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