The reliability and validity of the Chinese version of the dysfunctional attitudes scale form a (DAS-A) in a community sample

International Journal of Psychiatry in Medicine

Volumn 38, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 141-152

  Wong, Daniel Fu Keung ^a,d   Kin, Sun Chan ^b   Lau, Ying ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MELBOURNE   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MACAU   (Macao)

^c MACAO POLYTECHNIC INSTITUTE   (Macao)

^d UNIVERSITY OF MELBOURNE   (Australia)

Author keywords

BDI; Chinese; Depression; Dysfunctional attitudes; Factor structure

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; BECK DEPRESSION INVENTORY; CHINESE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CRONBACH ALPHA COEFFICIENT; DEPRESSION; DYSFUNCTIONAL ATTITUDE SCALE FORM A; FEMALE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PSYCHOMETRY; RELIABILITY; SELF ESTEEM; VALIDITY;

ADULT; ATTITUDE; COGNITIVE THERAPY; CROSS-CULTURAL COMPARISON; DEPRESSIVE DISORDER; FEMALE; HONG KONG; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PERSONALITY INVENTORY; PSYCHOMETRICS; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; TRANSLATING;

EID: 57749204836     PISSN: 00912174     EISSN: 15413527     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2190/PM.38.2.b     Document Type: Article

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