Development of an Italian version of the Depression Anxiety Stress Scales

Psychology, Health and Medicine

Volumn 15, Issue 5, 2010, Pages 607-621

  Severino, Giovanina A ^a   Haynes, W David G ^b  

^a DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH   (Australia)

^b Jungian Psychology Centre of East Adelaide   (Australia)

Author keywords

cross cultural psychology; Depression Anxiety Stress Scales; Italian; migrant; translation

Indexed keywords

AGED; ANXIETY DISORDER; ARTICLE; AUSTRALIA; CULTURAL FACTOR; DEPRESSION; ETHNOLOGY; EVALUATION; FEMALE; HUMAN; ITALY; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MIGRATION; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; QUESTIONNAIRE; REPRODUCIBILITY;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ANXIETY DISORDERS; CROSS-CULTURAL COMPARISON; DEPRESSION; FEMALE; HUMANS; ITALY; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; QUESTIONNAIRES; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; SOUTH AUSTRALIA; TRANSIENTS AND MIGRANTS;

EID: 77956562929     PISSN: 13548506     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/13548506.2010.498889     Document Type: Article

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