The factor structure and reliability of the Illness Attitude Scales in a student and a patient sample

BMC Psychiatry

Volumn 6, Issue , 2006, Pages

  Crössmann, Alexander ^a   Pauli, Paul ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WÜRZBURG   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ANXIETY; ARTICLE; CONSTANTS AND COEFFICIENTS; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEATH; EXPERIENCE; FACTORIAL ANALYSIS; FEAR; FEMALE; GERMANY; HEALTH BELIEF; HUMAN; HYPOCHONDRIASIS; ILLNESS BEHAVIOR; INFORMATION PROCESSING; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PAIN; PRINCIPAL COMPONENT ANALYSIS; RATING SCALE; RELIABILITY; STUDENT; SYMPTOMATOLOGY; VALIDITY;

ADULT; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; CULTURE; DEATH; FACTOR ANALYSIS, STATISTICAL; FEAR; FEMALE; HEALTH BEHAVIOR; HUMANS; HYPOCHONDRIASIS; LANGUAGE; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; STUDENTS;

EID: 33751099572     PISSN: 1471244X     EISSN: 1471244X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1471-244X-6-46     Document Type: Article

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