Taxometric investigation of depression: Evidence of consistent latent structure across clinical and community samples

Australian and New Zealand Journal of Psychiatry

Volumn 41, Issue 5, 2007, Pages 403-410

  Slade, Tim ^a  

^a Clinical Research Unit for Anxiety and Depression   (Australia)

Author keywords

Categorical; Classification; Depression; Dimensional; Taxometric analysis

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ANXIETY DISORDER; ARTICLE; BECK DEPRESSION INVENTORY; COMMUNITY SAMPLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DATA ANALYSIS; DEPRESSION; DISEASE CLASSIFICATION; FEMALE; HUMAN; LATENT STRUCTURE ANALYSIS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MOOD DISORDER; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; TAXOMETRIC ANALYSIS;

ANXIETY DISORDERS; COMPUTER GRAPHICS; COMPUTER SIMULATION; DEPRESSIVE DISORDER, MAJOR; DIAGNOSTIC AND STATISTICAL MANUAL OF MENTAL DISORDERS; HUMANS; INTERNATIONAL CLASSIFICATION OF DISEASES; MATHEMATICAL COMPUTING; PERSONALITY ASSESSMENT; PERSONALITY INVENTORY; SAMPLING STUDIES; SOFTWARE;

EID: 34248147620     PISSN: 00048674     EISSN: 14401614     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/00048670701261194     Document Type: Article

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