Longitudinal Construct Validity of Brief Symptom Inventory Subscales in Schizophrenia

Psychological Assessment

Volumn 19, Issue 3, 2007, Pages 298-308

  Long, Jeffrey D ^a   Harring, Jeffrey R ^a   Brekke, John S ^b   Test, Mary Ann ^c   Greenberg, Jan ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN MADISON   (United States)

Author keywords

Brief Symptom Inventory; graded response model; longitudinal construct validity; nonlinear factor analysis; schizophrenia

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ANXIETY DISORDER; ARTICLE; BRIEF SYMPTOM INVENTORY; CONSTRUCT VALIDITY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEPRESSION; FACTORIAL ANALYSIS; FEMALE; HOSTILITY; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; OBSESSIVE COMPULSIVE DISORDER; PARANOIA; PHOBIA; PSYCHOSIS; SCHIZOPHRENIA; SENSITIVITY ANALYSIS; SOMATIZATION;

ADULT; FACTOR ANALYSIS, STATISTICAL; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MODELS, PSYCHOLOGICAL; QUESTIONNAIRES; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; SCHIZOPHRENIA; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX;

EID: 34748824071     PISSN: 10403590     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1037/1040-3590.19.3.298     Document Type: Article

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