Hypochondriasis Y-BOCS: A study of the psychometric properties of a clinician-administered semi-structured interview to assess hypochondriacal thoughts and behaviours

Clinical Psychology and Psychotherapy

Volumn 16, Issue 5, 2009, Pages 431-443

  Greeven, Anja ^a,b   Spinhoven, Philip ^a,c   Van Balkom, Anton J L M ^d  

^a LEIDEN UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

^b PsyQ ^*  (Netherlands)

^c LEIDEN UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

^d VU UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Assessment; Factor analysis; Hypochondriasis; Reliability; Sensitivity to change; Validity

Indexed keywords

ADULT; FACTOR ANALYSIS, STATISTICAL; FEMALE; HUMANS; HYPOCHONDRIASIS; INTERVIEW, PSYCHOLOGICAL; MALE; OBSESSIVE-COMPULSIVE DISORDER; PERSONALITY INVENTORY; PSYCHIATRIC STATUS RATING SCALES; PSYCHOMETRICS; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX;

EID: 72849133785     PISSN: 10633995     EISSN: 10990879     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/cpp.634     Document Type: Article

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