Clinical dimensions of delusional beliefs: A factor-analytic study

Psychopathology

Volumn 33, Issue 2, 2000, Pages 81-85

  Oulis, P ^a   Mamounas, J ^b   Hatzimanolis, J ^b   Christodoulou, G N ^b  

^a NATIONAL AND KAPODISTRIAN UNIVERSITY OF ATHENS   (Greece)

^b NONE

Author keywords

Delusions; Factor analysis in delusional beliefs; Multidimensionality of delusional beliefs

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ANAMNESIS; ARTICLE; COGNITION; DELUSION; DEMOGRAPHY; FACTORIAL ANALYSIS; FEMALE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE;

EID: 0034058449     PISSN: 02544962     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1159/000029125     Document Type: Article

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