Predicting physical health: Implicit mental health measures versus self-report scales

Journal of Nervous and Mental Disease

Volumn 194, Issue 6, 2006, Pages 427-432

  Cousineau, Tara McKee ^a,b   Shedler, Jonathan ^c  

^a Inflexxion Inc ^*

^b INFLEXXION INC   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF DENVER   (United States)

Author keywords

Clinical judgment; Early memories; Health psychology; Health service utilization; Illusory mental health; Mental health; Psychological assessment

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DECISION MAKING; EARLY MEMORY INDEX; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE UTILIZATION; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; MALE; MEASUREMENT; MENTAL DISEASE; MENTAL HEALTH; MENTAL HEALTH RESEARCH; MENTAL HEALTH SERVICE; PREDICTION; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; PSYCHOLOGIC ASSESSMENT; SELF REPORT; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE; WELLBEING;

ADULT; AFFECT; EMOTIONS; FEMALE; HEALTH STATUS; HUMANS; LIFE CHANGE EVENTS; MALE; MEMORY; MENTAL HEALTH; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT (HEALTH CARE); PERSONALITY INVENTORY; PROBABILITY; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; PSYCHOLOGICAL TESTS; PSYCHOMETRICS; QUESTIONNAIRES; REFERRAL AND CONSULTATION; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; STRESS, PSYCHOLOGICAL; STUDENT HEALTH SERVICES;

EID: 33745261641     PISSN: 00223018     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/01.nmd.0000221373.74045.51     Document Type: Article

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