Applied Nursing Research
Volume 24, Issue 3 , Pages 153-160 , August 2011

Psychometric testing of the Inner Strength Questionnaire: women living with chronic health conditions

  • Kristi L. Lewis, PhD, MPH

      Affiliations

    • Department of Health Sciences, College of Integrated Sciences and Technology, James Madison University, Harrisonburg, VA 22807, USA
    • Corresponding Author InformationCorresponding author. Tel.: +1 540 568 2607.
    • ,
  • Gayle Roux, PhD, RN

      Affiliations

    • College of Nursing, Texas Women's University, Denton TX 76204, USA

Received 13 January 2008 ,Revised 14 June 2009 ,Accepted 16 June 2009.

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☆ The authors wish to acknowledge funding from the Virginia Commonwealth University NIH Institutional K Award, 5K12DA14041-04 (Pickens, PI); Building Interdisciplinary Research Careers in Women's Health; and the Virginia Commonwealth University AD Williams Foundation.

PII: S0897-1897(09)00068-8

doi: 10.1016/j.apnr.2009.06.003

Applied Nursing Research
Volume 24, Issue 3 , Pages 153-160 , August 2011

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