The Self-Transcendence Scale: An Investigation of the Factor Structure Among Nursing Home Patients

Journal of Holistic Nursing

Volumn 30, Issue 3, 2012, Pages 147-159

  Haugan, Gørill ^a   Rannestad, Toril ^a   Garåsen, Helge ^a   Hammervold, Randi ^a   Espnes, Geir Arild ^a  

^a NORWEGIAN UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (Norway)

Author keywords

confirmatory factor analysis; factor structure; holistic nursing; nursing home; self transcendence

Indexed keywords

ADAPTIVE BEHAVIOR; AGED; ARTICLE; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; FEMALE; HEALTH BEHAVIOR; HOLISTIC NURSING; HOSPITAL PATIENT; HUMAN; MALE; NORWAY; NURSING HOME; PHILOSOPHY; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; QUALITY OF LIFE; QUESTIONNAIRE; RELIGION; STANDARD; STATISTICS;

ADAPTATION, PSYCHOLOGICAL; AGED; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; FEMALE; HEALTH BEHAVIOR; HOLISTIC HEALTH; HOLISTIC NURSING; HUMANS; INPATIENTS; MALE; NORWAY; NURSING HOMES; QUALITY OF LIFE; QUESTIONNAIRES; SPIRITUALITY;

EID: 84869013770     PISSN: 08980101     EISSN: 15525724     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0898010111429849     Document Type: Article

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