Testing the discriminant and convergent validity of the mood and anxiety symptoms questionnaire using a British sample

Personality and Individual Differences

Volumn 23, Issue 2, 1997, Pages 337-344

  Reidy, John ^a   Keogh, Edmund ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF EAST LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF LONDON   (United Kingdom)

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EID: 0031206507     PISSN: 01918869     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0191-8869(97)00048-2     Document Type: Article

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