The yale-brown obsessive-compulsive scale: Confirmatory factor analytic findings

Journal of Psychopathology and Behavioral Assessment

Volumn 20, Issue 3, 1998, Pages 265-274

  McKay, Dean ^a   Neziroglu, Fugen ^b   Stevens, Kevin ^b   Yaryura Tobias, Jose A ^b  

^a FORDHAM UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b BioBehavioral Institute Great Neck   (United States)

Author keywords

Anxiety; Depression; Factor analysis; Obsessive compulsive disorder

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ANXIETY; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEPRESSION; FEMALE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; OBSESSION; PSYCHOLOGIC ASSESSMENT; RATING SCALE; RELIABILITY;

EID: 0031735659     PISSN: 08822689     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/A:1023019419065     Document Type: Article

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