Construct validity of the Global Assessment of Functioning Scale for clients with anxiety disorder

Psychological Reports

Volumn 92, Issue 2, 2003, Pages 548-550

  Schwartz, Robert C ^a   Del Prete Brown, Timia ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF AKRON   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ANXIETY DISORDER; ARTICLE; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; QUESTIONNAIRE; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; REPRODUCIBILITY; STATISTICS; SUICIDE; VALIDATION STUDY;

ADULT; ANXIETY DISORDERS; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; QUESTIONNAIRES; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; SUICIDE;

EID: 0037493633     PISSN: 00332941     EISSN: 1558691X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2466/pr0.2003.92.2.548     Document Type: Article

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