International Journal of Nursing Studies
Volume 46, Issue 1 , Pages 45-54 , January 2009

Psychometric properties and cross-cultural equivalence of the Arabic Social Capital Scale: instrument development study

  • Wendy Sue Looman

      Affiliations

    • School of Nursing, University of Minnesota, 6-117 Weaver-Densford Hall, 308 Harvard Street S.E., Minneapolis, MN 55455, United States
    • Corresponding Author InformationCorresponding author. Tel.: +1 612 624 6604; fax: +1 612 626 6606.
    • ,
  • Shewikar Farrag

      Affiliations

    • Children's Nursing Department, Faculty of Nursing, Mansoura University, Mansoura, Egypt

Received 28 February 2008 ,Revised 23 July 2008 ,Accepted 26 July 2008.

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PII: S0020-7489(08)00205-8

doi: 10.1016/j.ijnurstu.2008.07.010

International Journal of Nursing Studies
Volume 46, Issue 1 , Pages 45-54 , January 2009

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