Validation of the Personal and Social Performance (PSP) Scale in a German sample of acutely ill patients with schizophrenia

Schizophrenia Research

Volumn 104, Issue 1-3, 2008, Pages 287-293

  Juckel, Georg ^a   Schaub, Daniela ^a   Fuchs, Nina ^a   Naumann, Ute ^a   Uhl, Idun ^a   Witthaus, Henning ^a   Hargarter, Ludger ^b   Bierhoff, Hans Werner ^a   Brüne, Martin ^a  

^a RUHR UNIVERSITY BOCHUM   (Germany)

^b JANSSEN CILAG GMBH   (Germany)

Author keywords

PSP; Reliability; Schizophrenia; Social functioning; Validity

Indexed keywords

ACUTE DISEASE; ADULT; AGED; AGGRESSION; ARTICLE; BEHAVIOR DISORDER; DEVELOPMENT; DIAGNOSTIC AND STATISTICAL MANUAL OF MENTAL DISORDERS; FEMALE; GERMANY; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MENTAL DISEASE; MINI MENTAL STATE EXAMINATION; NEGATIVE SYNDROME; PERSONALITY TEST; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SCHIZOPHRENIA; SELF CARE; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR; SOCIAL INTERACTION; SOCIAL PSYCHOLOGY; TASK PERFORMANCE; TEST RETEST RELIABILITY; VALIDATION STUDY;

ACUTE DISEASE; FEMALE; GERMANY; HUMANS; INTERPERSONAL RELATIONS; MALE; PSYCHOLOGY; QUESTIONNAIRES; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; SCHIZOPHRENIA; SELF CARE; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR;

EID: 50249139097     PISSN: 09209964     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.schres.2008.04.037     Document Type: Article

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