Psychometric properties of the Spanish version of the 12-item General Health Questionnaire in adolescents

Perceptual and Motor Skills

Volumn 100, Issue 3 I, 2005, Pages 676-680

  López Castedo, Antonio ^a   Fernández, Luis ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF VIGO   (Spain)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; COMPARATIVE STUDY; FACTORIAL ANALYSIS; FEMALE; HEALTH STATUS; HUMAN; MALE; MENTAL DISEASE; PRINCIPAL COMPONENT ANALYSIS; PSYCHOMETRY; PUBLICATION; QUESTIONNAIRE; REPRODUCIBILITY; REVIEW; SPAIN; STANDARD;

ADOLESCENT; FACTOR ANALYSIS, STATISTICAL; FEMALE; HEALTH STATUS; HUMANS; MALE; MENTAL DISORDERS; PRINCIPAL COMPONENT ANALYSIS; PSYCHOMETRICS; QUESTIONNAIRES; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; SPAIN; TRANSLATIONS;

EID: 23744447756     PISSN: 00315125     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2466/PMS.100.3.676-680     Document Type: Review

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