The five-factor structure of the PANSS: A critical review of its consistency across studies

Clinical Schizophrenia and Related Psychoses

Volumn 3, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 103-110

  Lehoux, Catherine ^a,b   Gobeil, Marie Hélène ^c   Lefèbvre, Andrée Anne ^b,c   Maziade, Michel ^b,c   Roy, Marc André ^b,c  

^a Hotel Dieu de Levis Hospital   (Canada)

^b CENTRE DE RECHERCHE DE L INSTITUT UNIVERSITAIRE EN SANTÉ MENTALE DE QUÉBEC   (Canada)

^c UNIVERSITÉ LAVAL   (Canada)

Author keywords

Factor; PANSS; Positive and negative syndrome scale; Principal component analysis; Schizophrenia

Indexed keywords

COGNITIVE DEFECT; DECISION MAKING; DEPRESSION; DISORIENTATION; EXCITEMENT; FACTORIAL ANALYSIS; GRANDIOSE DELUSION; HOSTILITY; MEDLINE; MENTAL STRESS; NEGATIVE SYNDROME; POSITIVE AND NEGATIVE SYNDROME SCALE; POSITIVE SYNDROME; PSYCHOSOCIAL WITHDRAWAL; PSYCINFO; REVIEW; SCORING SYSTEM; SOCIAL AVOIDANCE BEHAVIOR; SOMATIZATION; STEREOTYPY;

EID: 70349246663     PISSN: 19351232     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3371/CSRP.3.2.5     Document Type: Review

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