Factor analysis of schizophrenic symptoms using the OPCRIT checklist

Schizophrenia Research

Volumn 22, Issue 3, 1996, Pages 233-239

  Cardno, Alastair G ^a   Jones, Lisa A ^a   Murphy, Kieran C ^a   Asherson, Philip ^a   Scott, Lynette C ^a   Williams, Julie ^a   Owen, Michael J ^a   McGuffin, Peter ^a  

^a CARDIFF UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

classification; factor analysis; schizophrenia

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; DELUSION; FACTORIAL ANALYSIS; FEMALE; HALLUCINATION; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PARANOIA; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RATING SCALE; SCHIZOPHRENIA;

ADULT; AFFECTIVE SYMPTOMS; AGED; FACTOR ANALYSIS, STATISTICAL; FEMALE; HALLUCINATIONS; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PSYCHIATRIC STATUS RATING SCALES; PSYCHOMETRICS; SCHIZOPHRENIA; SCHIZOPHRENIA, DISORGANIZED; SCHIZOPHRENIA, PARANOID; SCHIZOPHRENIC PSYCHOLOGY;

EID: 0030589592     PISSN: 09209964     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0920-9964(96)00060-6     Document Type: Article

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