The perceived personal control (PPC) questionnaire: Reliability and validity in a sample from the United Kingdom

American Journal of Medical Genetics, Part A

Volumn 158 A, Issue 2, 2012, Pages 367-372

  McAllister, Marion ^a   Wood, Alex M ^a   Dunn, Graham ^a   Shiloh, Shoshana ^b   Todd, Chris ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MANCHESTER   (United Kingdom)

^b TEL AVIV UNIVERSITY   (Israel)

Author keywords

Genetic counseling; Medical genetics; Patient reported outcome measure; Perceived personal control; Psychometrics; Questionnaires

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; BEHAVIOR CONTROL; CLINICAL GENETICS; COGNITION; CONVERGENT VALIDITY; DECISION MAKING; DEPRESSION; DISCRIMINANT VALIDITY; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; GENETIC COUNSELING; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; HUMAN; LIFE SATISFACTION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAL RESEARCH; NAMED INVENTORIES, QUESTIONNAIRES AND RATING SCALES; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PERCEIVED PERSONAL CONTROL QUESTIONNAIRE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PSYCHOMETRY; RELIABILITY; SENSITIVITY ANALYSIS; UNITED KINGDOM; VALIDATION STUDY; VALIDITY;

GENETICS, MEDICAL; GREAT BRITAIN; HUMANS; LANGUAGE; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT (HEALTH CARE); PATIENTS; PHYSICIANS; PSYCHOMETRICS; QUESTIONNAIRES;

EID: 84856215523     PISSN: 15524825     EISSN: 15524833     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/ajmg.a.34374     Document Type: Article

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