Obsessive-compulsive disorder and the underlying structure of anxiety disorders in a nationally representative sample: Confirmatory factor analytic findings from the German Health Survey

Journal of Anxiety Disorders

Volumn 24, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 30-33

  Cox, Brian J ^a   Clara, Ian P ^a   Hills, Amber L ^a   Sareen, Jitender ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MANITOBA   (Canada)

Author keywords

Anxious Misery factor; Obsessive disorder; Psychiatric epidemiology

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ANXIETY DISORDER; ARTICLE; FACTORIAL ANALYSIS; GERMANY; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MENTAL HEALTH; OBSESSIVE COMPULSIVE DISORDER; PSYCHOLOGIC ASSESSMENT; STRUCTURED INTERVIEW;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ANXIETY; CHI-SQUARE DISTRIBUTION; FACTOR ANALYSIS, STATISTICAL; FEMALE; GERMANY; HEALTH SURVEYS; HUMANS; INTERVIEWS AS TOPIC; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; OBSESSIVE-COMPULSIVE DISORDER; PERSONALITY INVENTORY; POPULATION SURVEILLANCE; PSYCHIATRIC STATUS RATING SCALES; QUESTIONNAIRES; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX;

EID: 71249104668     PISSN: 08876185     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.janxdis.2009.08.003     Document Type: Article

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