Testing measurement invariance of the Chinese version of the strategies used by patients to promote health among patients with cancer

Journal of Nursing Measurement

Volumn 22, Issue 2, 2014, Pages 184-200

  Yuan, Changrong ^a   Wei, Chunlan ^b   Wang, Jichuan ^c   Qian, Huijuan ^d   Lev, Elise L ^e   Yuan, Avery ^f   Li, Huiling ^g   Hinds, Pamela S ^c  

^a SECOND MILITARY MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b TONGJI UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (China)

^c GEORGE WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE AND HEALTH SCIENCES   (United States)

^d SHANGHAI JIAO TONG UNIVERSITY AFFILIATED SIXTH PEOPLE S HOSPITAL   (China)

^e RUTGERS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^f SUFFOLK UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^g SOOCHOW UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

Cancer; Confirmatory factor analysis; Measurement invariance; Self efficacy

Indexed keywords

AGED; ARTICLE; ASIAN; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; CHINA; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; ETHNOLOGY; FACTORIAL ANALYSIS; FEMALE; HEALTH PROMOTION; HUMAN; MALE; METHODOLOGY; MIDDLE AGED; NEOPLASM; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; PSYCHOMETRY; QUALITY OF LIFE; QUESTIONNAIRE; REPRODUCIBILITY; SELF CONCEPT; SENSE OF COHERENCE; SEX RATIO; SOCIOECONOMICS; STATISTICS; VERY ELDERLY;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ASIAN CONTINENTAL ANCESTRY GROUP; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; CHINA; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; FACTOR ANALYSIS, STATISTICAL; FEMALE; HEALTH PROMOTION; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NEOPLASMS; PSYCHOMETRICS; QUALITY OF LIFE; QUESTIONNAIRES; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; SELF EFFICACY; SENSE OF COHERENCE; SEX DISTRIBUTION; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS;

EID: 84907677363     PISSN: 10613749     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1891/1061-3749.22.2.184     Document Type: Article

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