Reliability, validity, and factor structure of the Arabic version of the 12-item General Health Questionnaire

Psychological Reports

Volumn 89, Issue 1, 2001, Pages 85-94

  Daradkeh, Tewfik K ^a   Ghubash, Rafia ^a   El Rufaie, Omer E F ^a  

^a NONE

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARAB; ARTICLE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CULTURAL FACTOR; ETHNOLOGY; HUMAN; MASS SCREENING; MENTAL DISEASE; PILOT STUDY; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; PSYCHOMETRY; REPRODUCIBILITY; STUDENT; UNITED ARAB EMIRATES;

ARABS; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CROSS-CULTURAL COMPARISON; HUMAN; MASS SCREENING; MENTAL DISORDERS; PILOT PROJECTS; PSYCHOMETRICS; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; STUDENTS; UNITED ARAB EMIRATES;

EID: 0035434558     PISSN: 00332941     EISSN: 1558691X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2466/pr0.2001.89.1.85     Document Type: Article

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