Deconstructing therapy outcome measurement with Rasch analysis of a measure of general clinical distress: The symptom checklist-90-revised

Psychological Assessment

Volumn 18, Issue 4, 2006, Pages 359-372

  Elliott, Robert ^a   Fox, Christine M ^b   Beltyukova, Svetlana A ^b   Stone, Gregory E ^b   Gunderson, Jennifer ^b   Zhang, Xi ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF STRATHCLYDE   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TOLEDO   (United States)

Author keywords

Clinical distress; Measurement; Rasch analysis; Therapy outcome

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ALTERNATIVE MEDICINE; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; DISTRESS SYNDROME; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; RASCH ANALYSIS; RELIABILITY; SEPARATION TECHNIQUE; VALIDATION PROCESS;

ADULT; BIPOLAR DISORDER; DEPRESSIVE DISORDER; DISCRIMINATION (PSYCHOLOGY); FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MODELS, STATISTICAL; PSYCHIATRIC STATUS RATING SCALES; PSYCHOMETRICS; PSYCHOTHERAPY; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; STRESS, PSYCHOLOGICAL; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 33845618070     PISSN: 10403590     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1037/1040-3590.18.4.359     Document Type: Article

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