The Milwaukee Inventory for the Dimensions of Adult Skin Picking (MIDAS): Initial development and psychometric properties

Journal of Behavior Therapy and Experimental Psychiatry

Volumn 40, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 127-135

  Walther, Michael R ^a   Flessner, Christopher A ^a   Conelea, Christine A ^a   Woods, Douglas W ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN MILWAUKEE   (United States)

Author keywords

Automatic; Focused; Psychometrics; Skin picking

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ANXIETY DISORDERS; FACTOR ANALYSIS, STATISTICAL; FEMALE; HUMANS; INTERNAL-EXTERNAL CONTROL; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; OBSESSIVE-COMPULSIVE DISORDER; PERSONALITY ASSESSMENT; PSYCHIATRIC STATUS RATING SCALES; PSYCHOMETRICS; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; SELF-INJURIOUS BEHAVIOR; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; SKIN; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 58149247961     PISSN: 00057916     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jbtep.2008.07.002     Document Type: Article

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