Factor-analytic study of the Yale Global Tic Severity Scale

Psychiatry Research

Volumn 149, Issue 1-3, 2007, Pages 231-237

  Storch, Eric A ^a,b   Murphy, Tanya K ^a   Fernandez, Melanie ^b   Krishnan, Mohan ^b   Geffken, Gary R ^a,b   Kellgren, Ashley R ^a   Goodman, Wayne K ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF FLORIDA COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF FLORIDA   (United States)

Author keywords

Children; Factor analysis; Tics; Tourette's Disorder; Validity; Yale Global Tic Severity Scale

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ARTICLE; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; DISEASE SEVERITY; FACTORIAL ANALYSIS; FEMALE; GILLES DE LA TOURETTE SYNDROME; HUMAN; INTERNAL CONSISTENCY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SCHOOL CHILD; SCORING SYSTEM; TIC;

ADOLESCENT; CHILD; FACTOR ANALYSIS, STATISTICAL; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; QUESTIONNAIRES; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; TOURETTE SYNDROME;

EID: 33846218188     PISSN: 01651781     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.psychres.2006.03.017     Document Type: Article

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