Refining the evidence-based practice attitude scale: An alternative confirmatory factor analysis

Social Work Research

Volumn 38, Issue 1, 2014, Pages 47-58

  Wolf, David A Patterson Silver ^a   Dulmus, Catherine N ^b   Maguin, Eugene ^b   Fava, Nicole ^b  

^a WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY IN ST LOUIS   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY AT BUFFALO   (United States)

Author keywords

Child welfare; EBPAS; evidence based practice; factor analysis; organizations

Indexed keywords

EID: 84898007238     PISSN: 10705309     EISSN: 15456838     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/swr/svu006     Document Type: Article

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