Using item response theory to understand comorbidity among anxiety and unipolar mood disorders

Psychological Assessment

Volumn 13, Issue 1, 2001, Pages 140-151

  Krueger, Robert F ^a   Finger, Michael S ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA   (United States)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AFFECTIVE NEUROSIS; ANXIETY NEUROSIS; ARTICLE; BEHAVIOR DISORDER; COMORBIDITY; DATA ANALYSIS; FEMALE; HUMAN; HYPOTHESIS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MENTAL DISEASE; PROBLEM SOLVING; PUBLICATION; SOCIAL ADAPTATION; SOCIAL PHOBIA; THEORY;

EID: 0035083895     PISSN: 10403590     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1037/1040-3590.13.1.140     Document Type: Article

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