Exploratory and confirmatory factor validation and psychometric properties of the Automatic Thoughts Questionnaire for Malays (ATQ-Malay) in Malaysia

Hong Kong Journal of Psychiatry

Volumn 18, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 92-100

  Oei, T P S ^a   Mukhtar, Firdaus ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF QUEENSLAND   (Australia)

^b SCHOOL OF HEALTH SCIENCES   (Malaysia)

Author keywords

Automatism; Depressive disorder; Factor analysis, statistical; Psychometrics

Indexed keywords

EID: 54749092455     PISSN: 10262121     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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