Factor structure and measurement invariance of the Yale-Brown Obsessive Compulsive Scale across four racial/ethnic groups

Journal of Anxiety Disorders

Volumn 24, Issue 7, 2010, Pages 723-728

  Garnaat, Sarah L ^a   Norton, Peter J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HOUSTON   (United States)

Author keywords

Factor analysis; Measurement invariance; Psychometric properties; Yale Brown Obsessive Compulsive Scale

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; ASIAN; CAUCASIAN; CONTROLLED STUDY; ETHNIC DIFFERENCE; FACTORIAL ANALYSIS; FEMALE; HISPANIC; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NEGRO; OBSESSIVE COMPULSIVE DISORDER; OUTPATIENT; PSYCHOLOGICAL RATING SCALE; RACE DIFFERENCE; YALE BROWN OBSESSIVE COMPULSIVE SCALE;

AFRICAN AMERICANS; ASIAN AMERICANS; COMPULSIVE BEHAVIOR; EUROPEAN CONTINENTAL ANCESTRY GROUP; FACTOR ANALYSIS, STATISTICAL; FEMALE; HISPANIC AMERICANS; HUMANS; MALE; MODELS, PSYCHOLOGICAL; OBSESSIVE BEHAVIOR; OBSESSIVE-COMPULSIVE DISORDER; PSYCHIATRIC STATUS RATING SCALES; PSYCHOMETRICS; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX;

EID: 77955582903     PISSN: 08876185     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.janxdis.2010.05.004     Document Type: Article

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