Psychometric properties of the Dutch version of the Washington Psychosocial Seizure Inventory

Epilepsia

Volumn 45, Issue 7, 2004, Pages 844-848

  Swinkels, Wilhelmina A M ^a   Kuyk, Jarl ^a   Van Dyck, Richard ^b   Spinhoven, Philip ^c  

^a STICHTING EPILEPSIE INSTELLINGEN NEDERLAND SEIN   (Netherlands)

^b VU UNIVERSITY AMSTERDAM   (Netherlands)

^c LEIDEN UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Epilepsy; Psychometrics; Psychosocial functioning; Washington Psychosocial Seizure Inventory

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; FEMALE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MINNESOTA MULTIPHASIC PERSONALITY INVENTORY; NETHERLANDS; PRINCIPAL COMPONENT ANALYSIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PSYCHOMETRY; RELIABILITY; SEIZURE; STRUCTURE ANALYSIS; VALIDATION PROCESS; WASHINGTON PSYCHOSOCIAL SEIZURE INVENTORY;

ADAPTATION, PSYCHOLOGICAL; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; EPILEPSY; HUMANS; NETHERLANDS; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT (HEALTH CARE); PERSONALITY INVENTORY; PRINCIPAL COMPONENT ANALYSIS; PSYCHOMETRICS; QUESTIONNAIRES; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; SOCIAL ADJUSTMENT; TRANSLATIONS;

EID: 3042818586     PISSN: 00139580     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.0013-9580.2004.55203.x     Document Type: Article

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