Assessing diabetes support in adolescents: Factor structure of the modified Diabetes Social Support Questionnaire (DSSQ-Friends)

Diabetic Medicine

Volumn 29, Issue 8, 2012, Pages

  Malik, J A ^a,b   Koot, H M ^a  

^a VU UNIVERSITY AMSTERDAM   (Netherlands)

^b QUAID I AZAM UNIVERSITY   (Pakistan)

Author keywords

Adolescents; Confirmatory factor analysis; Diabetes Type 1; Factor structure; Friends support; Validation

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ARTICLE; CONSTRUCT VALIDITY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE DURATION; EMPATHY; EXERCISE; EXPLORATORY RESEARCH; FEMALE; FRIEND; HUMAN; INSULIN DEPENDENT DIABETES MELLITUS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; QUESTIONNAIRE; RELIABILITY; SOCIAL SUPPORT; WELLBEING;

ADOLESCENT; AGE OF ONSET; DIABETES MELLITUS, TYPE 1; FACTOR ANALYSIS, STATISTICAL; FAMILY RELATIONS; FEMALE; FRIENDS; HUMANS; MALE; PARENT-CHILD RELATIONS; PATIENT COMPLIANCE; QUESTIONNAIRES; SELF CONCEPT; SOCIAL SUPPORT;

EID: 84864004690     PISSN: 07423071     EISSN: 14645491     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1464-5491.2012.03677.x     Document Type: Article

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