Patients' aggressive behaviours towards nurses: Development and psychometric properties of the hospital aggressive behaviour scale- users

Journal of Advanced Nursing

Volumn 69, Issue 6, 2013, Pages 1418-1427

  Waschgler, Kathrin ^a   Ruiz Hernández, José Antonio ^a   Llor Esteban, Bartolomé ^a   García Izquierdo, Mariano ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MURCIA   (Spain)

Author keywords

Instrument development; Nursing; Patients; Workplace violence

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; AGGRESSION; ARTICLE; BURNOUT; FACTORIAL ANALYSIS; FEMALE; HUMAN; JOB SATISFACTION; MALE; MENTAL STRESS; METHODOLOGY; MIDDLE AGED; MULTICENTER STUDY; NURSE; NURSING STAFF; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; PSYCHOMETRY; QUALITATIVE RESEARCH; QUESTIONNAIRE; REPRODUCIBILITY; STANDARD; VIOLENCE;

ADULT; AGED; AGGRESSION; BURNOUT, PROFESSIONAL; FACTOR ANALYSIS, STATISTICAL; FEMALE; HUMANS; JOB SATISFACTION; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NURSES; NURSING STAFF, HOSPITAL; PSYCHOMETRICS; QUALITATIVE RESEARCH; QUESTIONNAIRES; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; STRESS, PSYCHOLOGICAL; VIOLENCE; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84876097627     PISSN: 03092402     EISSN: 13652648     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/jan.12016     Document Type: Article

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