Measuring Use of Positive Thinking Skills: Psychometric Testing of a New Scale

Western Journal of Nursing Research

Volumn 35, Issue 8, 2013, Pages 1074-1093

  Bekhet, Abir K ^a   Zauszniewski, Jaclene A ^b  

^a MARQUETTE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b CASE WESTERN RESERVE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

anxiety stress; caregivers; clinical focus; descriptive quantitative; health behavior symptom focus; mental health; methods; population focus

Indexed keywords

EID: 84880836147     PISSN: 01939459     EISSN: 15528456     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0193945913482191     Document Type: Article

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