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A Factor Analysis of Attitudes of Rural Health Care Consumers Toward Nurse Practitioners
Author(s) -
Zikmund William G.,
Miller Stephen J.
Publication year - 1979
Publication title -
research in nursing and health
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.836
H-Index - 85
eISSN - 1098-240X
pISSN - 0160-6891
DOI - 10.1002/nur.4770020206
Subject(s) - varimax rotation , interpersonal communication , psychology , nursing , health care , interpersonal relationship , social psychology , medicine , psychometrics , clinical psychology , political science , cronbach's alpha , law
The attitudes of 205 rural health care consumers toward nurse practitioners were measured. A factor analysis with orthogonal (varimax) rotation was applied to the 15 attitudinal variables. The rotated factors were labeled competency, interpersonal relations, and relative performance.