Assessing positive and negative changes in the aftermath of adversity: Psychometric evaluation of the changes in outlook questionnaire

Psychological Assessment

Volumn 17, Issue 1, 2005, Pages 70-80

  Joseph, Stephen ^a   Andrews, Leanne ^c   Harris, George ^c   Howle, Barry ^c   Linley, P Alex ^b   Woodward, Clare ^d   Shevlin, Mark ^e  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WARWICK   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF LEICESTER   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY OF ESSEX   (United Kingdom)

^d West Sussex Health and Social Care NHS Trust   (United Kingdom)

^e UNIVERSITY OF ULSTER   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CHANGES IN OUTLOOK QUESTIONNAIRE; CHILD ABUSE; DISCRIMINANT ANALYSIS; DISTRESS SYNDROME; FEMALE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; POSITIVE AND NEGATIVE SYNDROME SCALE; POSTTRAUMATIC STRESS DISORDER; PSYCHOLOGIC ASSESSMENT; PSYCHOMETRY; QUESTIONNAIRE; RELIABILITY; VALIDATION PROCESS;

EID: 15244346936     PISSN: 10403590     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1037/1040-3590.17.1.70     Document Type: Article

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