Item-Level Psychometrics of the 12 Items of the Coping Orientation to Problems Experienced Scale
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Nam, Sanghun
(Dept. of Occupational Therapy, Graduate School, Yonsei University)
Hilton, Claudia L. (Dept. of Nutrition, Metabolism and Rehabilitation Sciences, University of Texas Medical Branch) Lee, Mi-Jung (Dept. of Rehabilitation Science, University of Texas Medical Branch) Pritchard, Kevin T. (Dept. of Rehabilitation Science, University of Texas Medical Branch) Bae, Suyeong (Dept. of Occupational Therapy, Graduate School, Yonsei University) Hong, Ickpyo (Dept. of Occupational Therapy, College of Software and Digital Healthcare Convergence, Yonsei University) |
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