The Yale-Brown Obsessive Compulsive Scale: Factor analysis, construct validity, and suggestions for refinement

Journal of Anxiety Disorders

Volumn 19, Issue 5, 2005, Pages 573-585

  Deacon, Brett J ^a   Abramowitz, Jonathan S ^a,b  

^a MAYO CLINIC   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WYOMING   (United States)

Author keywords

Factor analysis; Obsessive compulsive disorder; Psychometric properties; Yale Brown Obsessive Compulsive Scale

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CLINICAL FEATURE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIAGNOSTIC TEST; DISEASE SEVERITY; FEMALE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; OBSESSIVE COMPULSIVE DISORDER; PSYCHIATRIC DIAGNOSIS; PSYCHOMETRY; SAMPLING; SCORING SYSTEM; YALE BROWN OBSESSIVE COMPULSIVE SCALE;

EID: 14744280989     PISSN: 08876185     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.janxdis.2004.04.009     Document Type: Article

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