Psychological assessment via the internet: A reliability and validity study of online (vs paper-and-pencil) versions of the General Health Questionnaire-28 (GHQ-28) and the Symptoms Check-List-90-Revised (SCL-90-R)

Journal of Medical Internet Research

Volumn 9, Issue 1, 2007, Pages

  Vallejo, Miguel A ^a   Jordán, Carlos M ^a   Díaz, Marta I ^a   Comeche, María I ^a   Ortega, José ^a  

^a UNIVERSIDAD NACIONAL DE EDUCACIÓN A DISTANCIA   (Spain)

Author keywords

Assessment; Internet; Online

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CHECKLIST; INFORMATION PROCESSING; INTERNET; MEDICAL PRACTICE; ONLINE SYSTEM; PSYCHOLOGIC ASSESSMENT; QUESTIONNAIRE; SPAIN; SYMPTOMATOLOGY; COMPARATIVE STUDY; HUMAN; PAPER; PRINCIPAL COMPONENT ANALYSIS; PSYCHOLOGIC TEST; PSYCHOMETRY; REPRODUCIBILITY; STATISTICS; VALIDATION STUDY;

HUMANS; INTERNET; ONLINE SYSTEMS; PAPER; PRINCIPAL COMPONENT ANALYSIS; PSYCHOLOGICAL TESTS; PSYCHOMETRICS; QUESTIONNAIRES; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS;

EID: 34249688120     PISSN: None     EISSN: 14388871     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2196/jmir.9.1.e2     Document Type: Article

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