Psychometric properties of the Brief Symptom Inventory-18 in a Spanish breast cancer sample

Journal of Psychosomatic Research

Volumn 65, Issue 6, 2008, Pages 533-539

  Galdón, Ma José ^a   Durá, Estrella ^a   Andreu, Yolanda ^a   Ferrando, Maite ^a   Murgui, Sergio ^a   Pérez, Sandra ^a   Ibañez, Elena ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF VALENCIA   (Spain)

Author keywords

Assessment; BSI 18; Cancer; Cancer sample; Distress; Psychometrics; Spanish sample

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ANXIETY; ARTICLE; BREAST CANCER; BRIEF SYMPTOM INVENTORY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEPRESSION; DISTRESS SYNDROME; FEMALE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; PSYCHOMETRY; SCORING SYSTEM; SOMATIZATION;

ADAPTATION, PSYCHOLOGICAL; ADULT; AGED; BREAST NEOPLASMS; EUROPEAN CONTINENTAL ANCESTRY GROUP; FACTOR ANALYSIS, STATISTICAL; FEMALE; HUMANS; LONGITUDINAL STUDIES; MIDDLE AGED; PERSONALITY INVENTORY; PSYCHOMETRICS; QUESTIONNAIRES; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; SPAIN; STRESS, PSYCHOLOGICAL;

EID: 56249091789     PISSN: 00223999     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jpsychores.2008.05.009     Document Type: Article

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