Factor structure of the Mood and Anxiety Symptom Questionnaire does not generalize to an anxious/depressed sample

Australian and New Zealand Journal of Psychiatry

Volumn 40, Issue 11-12, 2006, Pages 1016-1024

  Boschen, Mark J ^a   Oei, Tian P S ^b  

^a GRIFFITH UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF QUEENSLAND   (Australia)

Author keywords

Anxiety; Depression; Tripartite model

Indexed keywords

ACCURACY; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ANXIETY DISORDER; ARTICLE; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; DEPRESSION; DISEASE SEVERITY; FACTORIAL ANALYSIS; FEMALE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MOOD DISORDER; OUTPATIENT CARE; PSYCHOMETRY; QUESTIONNAIRE; RATING SCALE; RELIABILITY; STATISTICAL MODEL; SYMPTOM; VALIDATION STUDY;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ANXIETY DISORDERS; COMORBIDITY; DEPRESSIVE DISORDER; FACTOR ANALYSIS, STATISTICAL; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MODELS, STATISTICAL; PERSONALITY INVENTORY; PSYCHOMETRICS; QUESTIONNAIRES; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS;

EID: 33750086338     PISSN: 00048674     EISSN: 14401614     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1440-1614.2006.01926.x     Document Type: Article

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