The conviction of delusional beliefs scale: Reliability and validity

Schizophrenia Research

Volumn 86, Issue 1-3, 2006, Pages 80-88

  Combs, Dennis R ^a   Adams, Scott D ^a   Michael, Christopher O ^a   Penn, David L ^b   Basso, Michael R ^a   Gouvier, Wm Drew ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TULSA   (United States)

^b University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill   (United States)

^c LOUISIANA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Assessment; Beliefs; Conviction; Delusions

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CLINICAL FEATURE; COGNITION; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; DELUSION; FEMALE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MENTAL DISEASE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; READING; RELIABILITY; SYMPTOMATOLOGY; VALIDITY;

ADULT; CULTURE; DELUSIONS; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PSYCHIATRIC STATUS RATING SCALES; PSYCHOMETRICS; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS;

EID: 33747458154     PISSN: 09209964     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.schres.2006.06.023     Document Type: Article

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