The four-dimensional symptom questionnaire (4DSQ): Measuring distress and other mental health problems in a working population

Work and Stress

Volumn 18, Issue 3, 2004, Pages 187-207

  Terluin, Berend ^a   Van Rhenen, Willem ^b,c   Schaufeli, Wilmar B ^d   De Haan, Marten ^a  

^a VU UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

^b UNIVERSITY OF AMSTERDAM   (Netherlands)

^c Dept of Occup Health Services ^*  (Netherlands)

^d UTRECHT UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

4DSQ; Anxiety; Depression; Distress; Four Dimensional Symptom Questionnaire; Occupational stress; Psychometric properties; Somatization

Indexed keywords

ANXIETY DISORDER; ARTICLE; COPING BEHAVIOR; DEPRESSION; DISTRESS SYNDROME; EMOTION; EXHAUSTION; FACTORIAL ANALYSIS; FATIGUE; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MENTAL DISEASE; OCCUPATIONAL DISEASE; POPULATION RISK; PSYCHOMETRY; QUESTIONNAIRE; RELIABILITY; SOMATIZATION; SYMPTOMATOLOGY; VALIDATION PROCESS;

EID: 10044251969     PISSN: 02678373     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/0267837042000297535     Document Type: Article

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