Psychometric properties of the Defense Style Questionnaire (DSQ-40) in adolescents

Journal of Nervous and Mental Disease

Volumn 194, Issue 2, 2006, Pages 98-105

  Ruuttu, Titta ^a,b   Pelkonen, Mirjami ^a,b   Holi, Matti ^a,c   Karlsson, Linnea ^a,d   Kiviruusu, Olli ^a   Heilä, Hannele ^a   Tuisku, Virpi ^a   Tuulio Henriksson, Annamari ^a   Marttunen, Mauri ^a,b,e  

^a NATIONAL PUBLIC HEALTH INSTITUTE   (Finland)

^b UNIVERSITY OF HELSINKI   (Finland)

^c HELSINKI UNIVERSITY CENTRAL HOSPITAL   (Finland)

^d TURKU UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Finland)

^e UNIVERSITY OF EASTERN FINLAND   (Finland)

Author keywords

Adolescents; Defense mechanisms; Defense style questionnaire; Psychometrics

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; CONCURRENT VALIDITY; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; DEFENSE MECHANISM; DEFENSE STYLE QUESTIONNAIRE; DISCRIMINANT VALIDITY; DISEASE SEVERITY; FEMALE; GENERAL HEALTH QUESTIONNAIRE; HUMAN; INTERNAL CONSISTENCY; MALE; MENTAL PATIENT; OUTPATIENT; PRINCIPAL COMPONENT ANALYSIS; PSYCHIATRIC DIAGNOSIS; PSYCHOMETRY; RATING SCALE; RELIABILITY; SOCIAL PSYCHOLOGY; STRUCTURED QUESTIONNAIRE; SYMPTOMATOLOGY;

ADAPTATION, PSYCHOLOGICAL; ADOLESCENT; ADOLESCENT PSYCHOLOGY; ADULT; AGE FACTORS; AMBULATORY CARE; DEFENSE MECHANISMS; DEPRESSIVE DISORDER; DISCRIMINANT ANALYSIS; FACTOR ANALYSIS, STATISTICAL; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; PERSONALITY INVENTORY; PSYCHIATRIC STATUS RATING SCALES; PSYCHOMETRICS; QUESTIONNAIRES; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; SEX FACTORS; SOCIAL ADJUSTMENT;

EID: 32944455825     PISSN: 00223018     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/01.nmd.0000198141.88926.2e     Document Type: Article

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