Is there a gender difference in a factorial structure of the positive and negative syndrome scale? A test by structural equation modeling

Psychopathology

Volumn 35, Issue 1, 2002, Pages 28-35

  Hayashi, Naoki ^a,b   Igarashi, Yoshito ^a,b   Yamashina, Mitsuru ^c   Suda, Kiyoko ^d  

^a TOKYO METROPOLITAN INSTITUTE OF MEDICAL SCIENCE   (Japan)

^b TOKYO METROPOLITAN MATSUZAWA HOSPITAL   (Japan)

^c JUNTENDO UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^d TOKYO METROPOLITAN TAMA MEDICAL CENTER   (Japan)

Author keywords

Confirmatory factor analysis; Gender difference; Positive and Negative Syndrome Scale; Schizophrenia; Structural equation modeling

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGE; AGED; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE SEVERITY; FACTORIAL ANALYSIS; FEMALE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; POSITIVE AND NEGATIVE SYNDROME SCALE; RATING SCALE; SCHIZOPHRENIA; SEX DIFFERENCE; SYMPTOM;

ADULT; AGED; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MODELS, PSYCHOLOGICAL; PSYCHIATRIC STATUS RATING SCALES; SCHIZOPHRENIA; SCHIZOPHRENIC PSYCHOLOGY; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; SEX FACTORS;

EID: 0036249636     PISSN: 02544962     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1159/000056213     Document Type: Article

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