Psychometric Properties of the MMPI-2-RF Somatic Complaints (RC1) Scale

Psychological Assessment

Volumn 22, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 492-503

  Thomas, Michael L ^a   Locke, Dona E C ^b  

^a ARIZONA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b MAYO CLINIC   (United States)

Author keywords

Confirmatory factor analysis; Item response theory; Minnesota multiphasic personality inventory 2 restructured form; Psychogenic nonepileptic seizures; Taxometrics

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CLINICAL PRACTICE; CONSTRUCT VALIDITY; CONTENT ANALYSIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAPHY; EPILEPTIC STATE; FEMALE; GASTROINTESTINAL SYMPTOM; HEADACHE; HUMAN; INSTRUMENT VALIDATION; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; INTERNAL CONSISTENCY; ITEM TOTAL CORRELATION; LATENT STRUCTURE ANALYSIS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALAISE; MALE; MINNESOTA MULTIPHASIC PERSONALITY INVENTORY; MINNESOTA MULTIPHASIC PERSONALITY INVENTORY 2 RESTRUCTURED FORM; PSEUDOEPILEPTIC SEIZURE; PSYCHOLOGIC ASSESSMENT; PSYCHOLOGICAL MODEL; PSYCHOMETRY; SOMATIZATION; STATISTICAL MODEL; TEST RETEST RELIABILITY; VIDEORECORDING;

ADULT; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAPHY; EPILEPSY; FACTOR ANALYSIS, STATISTICAL; FEMALE; GASTROINTESTINAL DISEASES; HEADACHE; HUMANS; MALE; MMPI; MODELS, PSYCHOLOGICAL; PSYCHOMETRICS; PSYCHOPHYSIOLOGIC DISORDERS; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; SOMATOFORM DISORDERS;

EID: 77956747868     PISSN: 10403590     EISSN: 1939134X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1037/a0019229     Document Type: Article

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