An investigation of the factor structure of the Novaco anger scale

Behavioural and Cognitive Psychotherapy

Volumn 31, Issue 4, 2003, Pages 429-437

  Jones, Jason ^a   Thomas Peter, Brian ^a   Gangstad, Berit ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BIRMINGHAM   (United Kingdom)

^b South Birmingham Primary Care Trust   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Anger disorders; Anger measurement; Cognitive behaviour therapy; Factor analysis

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGGRESSION; ANGER; ARTICLE; BEHAVIOR THERAPY; COGNITIVE THERAPY; EMOTIONAL DISORDER; EXPERIENCE; FACTORIAL ANALYSIS; FEMALE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEASUREMENT; NOVACO ANGER SCALE; OUTPATIENT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PSYCHOTHERAPY; RATING SCALE; RELIABILITY; SAMPLING; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS;

EID: 0242596434     PISSN: 13524658     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S1352465803004041     Document Type: Article

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