Psychometric properties of the Brazilian Portuguese versions of the 29- and 13-item scales of the Antonovsky's Sense of Coherence (SOC-29 and SOC-13) evaluated in Brazilian cardiac patients

Journal of Clinical Nursing

Volumn 23, Issue 1-2, 2014, Pages 156-165

  Spadoti Dantas, Rosana A ^a   Silva, Fernanda S E ^a   Ciol, Márcia A ^b  

^a WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION   (Switzerland)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Instrument development; Nursing cardiac disease; Psychometric properties; Research methods; Sense of coherence

Indexed keywords

ADAPTIVE BEHAVIOR; ADULT; AGED; BRAZIL; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; FEMALE; HEART DISEASE; HUMAN; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PSYCHOLOGY; PSYCHOMETRY; SENSE OF COHERENCE;

ADAPTATION, PSYCHOLOGICAL; ADULT; AGED; BRAZIL; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; FEMALE; HEART DISEASES; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PSYCHOMETRICS; SENSE OF COHERENCE;

EID: 84889678992     PISSN: 09621067     EISSN: 13652702     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/jocn.12157     Document Type: Article

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