Psychometric evaluation of a self-report measure of depression for individuals with mental retardation

American Journal on Mental Retardation

Volumn 110, Issue 6, 2005, Pages

  Esbensen, Anna J ^a   Seltzer, Marsha Mailick ^a   Greenberg, Jan S ^a   Benson, Betsey A ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN MADISON   (United States)

^b OHIO STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEPRESSION; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; DISEASE SEVERITY; EVALUATION; FEMALE; HUMAN; INSTRUMENT; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MENTAL DEFICIENCY; PSYCHIATRIC DIAGNOSIS; PSYCHOMETRY; QUESTIONNAIRE; SCREENING; SELF REPORT; SELF REPORT DEPRESSION QUESTIONNAIRE; SYMPTOMATOLOGY; VALIDATION PROCESS;

ADULT; DEPRESSION; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MASS SCREENING; MENTAL RETARDATION; PREVALENCE; PSYCHOMETRICS; QUESTIONNAIRES; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS;

EID: 27744438086     PISSN: 08958017     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1352/0895-8017(2005)110[469:PEOASM]2.0.CO;2     Document Type: Article

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