Development of the ghent multidimensional somatic complaints scale

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Volumn 17, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 70-80

  Beirens, Koen ^a   Fontaine, Johnny R J ^a  

^a GHENT UNIVERSITY   (Belgium)

Author keywords

Confirmatory factor analysis; Cross cultural stability; Psychometrics; Scale development; Somatic complaints

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGE; ANXIETY DISORDER; ARTICLE; BELGIUM; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CULTURAL FACTOR; ETHNOLOGY; FACTORIAL ANALYSIS; FEMALE; HUMAN; MAJOR DEPRESSION; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PREVALENCE; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; QUESTIONNAIRE; SEX DIFFERENCE; SOMATOFORM DISORDER; TURKEY (REPUBLIC); VALIDATION STUDY;

ADULT; AGE FACTORS; ANXIETY DISORDERS; BELGIUM; CROSS-CULTURAL COMPARISON; DEPRESSIVE DISORDER, MAJOR; FACTOR ANALYSIS, STATISTICAL; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PREVALENCE; QUESTIONNAIRES; SEX FACTORS; SOMATOFORM DISORDERS; TURKEY; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 77949883877     PISSN: 10731911     EISSN: 15523489     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/1073191109337187     Document Type: Article

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