Unpacking the depersonalization syndrome: An exploratory factor analysis on the Cambridge Depersonalization Scale

Psychological Medicine

Volumn 35, Issue 10, 2005, Pages 1523-1532

  Sierra, Mauricio ^a   Baker, Dawn ^a   Medford, Nicholas ^a   David, Anthony S ^a  

^a KING'S COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ALIENATION; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEPERSONALIZATION; EMOTIONAL DISORDER; FACTORIAL ANALYSIS; FEMALE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEMORY DISORDER; MENTAL PATIENT; PSYCHIATRIC DIAGNOSIS; RECALL; SYMPTOM; VARIANCE;

ADULT; DEPERSONALIZATION; DIAGNOSTIC AND STATISTICAL MANUAL OF MENTAL DISORDERS; FACTOR ANALYSIS, STATISTICAL; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; QUESTIONNAIRES; SAMPLING STUDIES; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; SYNDROME;

EID: 26444453681     PISSN: 00332917     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S0033291705005325     Document Type: Article

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