Psychometric analysis of a scale to assess norms of reciprocity of social support in community-based and congregation-based groups

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Volumn 3, Issue 4, 2013, Pages

  Pope, Holly C ^a   Miller, Margaret C ^a   Wolfer, Terry A ^a   Mann, Joshua R ^a   McKeown, Robert E ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH CAROLINA   (United States)

Author keywords

Applied psychology; Data collection; Health psychology; Measurement and scaling methods; Psychology; Reliability and validity; Research methodology and design; Research methods; Social sciences; Sociology of health and illness; Sociology of mental health

Indexed keywords

EID: 84907284342     PISSN: None     EISSN: 21582440     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/2158244013516771     Document Type: Article

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