Validation of the 10-item chinese perceived stress scale in elderly service workers: One-factor versus two-factor structure

BMC Psychology

Volumn 1, Issue 1, 2013, Pages

  Ng, Siu Man ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HONG KONG   (Hong Kong)

Author keywords

Measure; Psychometrics; Scale validation; Stress

Indexed keywords

EID: 85016021189     PISSN: None     EISSN: 20507283     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/2050-7283-1-9     Document Type: Article

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