Psychometric properties of a Chinese version of the medical outcomes study family and marital functioning measures in Hong Kong Chinese childbearing families

Community Mental Health Journal

Volumn 48, Issue 5, 2012, Pages 634-642

  Ngai, Fei Wan ^a   Ngu, Siew Fei ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HONG KONG   (Hong Kong)

^b UNIVERSITY OF HONG KONG   (Hong Kong)

Author keywords

Childbearing family; Chinese; Family functioning; Marital functioning; Validation

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; ASIAN; CHILD PARENT RELATION; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; ETHNOLOGY; EVALUATION; FACTORIAL ANALYSIS; FAMILY RELATION; FEMALE; HONG KONG; HUMAN; MALE; MARRIAGE; MIDDLE AGED; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PARENT; PREDICTIVE VALUE; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; PSYCHOMETRY; QUESTIONNAIRE; REPRODUCIBILITY; SOCIAL SUPPORT; SOCIOECONOMICS; STATISTICS;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ASIAN CONTINENTAL ANCESTRY GROUP; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; FACTOR ANALYSIS, STATISTICAL; FAMILY RELATIONS; FEMALE; HONG KONG; HUMANS; MALE; MARRIAGE; MIDDLE AGED; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT (HEALTH CARE); PARENTING; PARENTS; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; PSYCHOMETRICS; QUESTIONNAIRES; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; SOCIAL SUPPORT; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84867858230     PISSN: 00103853     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10597-011-9450-5     Document Type: Article

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