Do Balanced Scales Assess Bipolar Constructs? The Case of the STAI Scales

Psychological Assessment

Volumn 21, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 187-193

  Vautier, Stéphane ^a   Pohl, Steffi ^b  

^a UNIVERSITÉ DE TOULOUSE   (France)

^b FRIEDRICH SCHILLER UNIVERSITY JENA   (Germany)

Author keywords

anxiety; bipolarity; latent change; psychometrics

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ANXIETY; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; NORMAL HUMAN; STATE TRAIT ANXIETY INVENTORY; TEST RETEST RELIABILITY; VALIDITY;

ADULT; BIPOLAR DISORDER; FACTOR ANALYSIS, STATISTICAL; FEMALE; HUMANS; INDIVIDUALITY; MALE; MODELS, STATISTICAL; PERSONALITY INVENTORY; PSYCHOMETRICS; QUESTIONNAIRES; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; STRESS, PSYCHOLOGICAL;

EID: 66549107189     PISSN: 10403590     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1037/a0015312     Document Type: Article

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