Wording effects and the dimensionality of the General Health Questionnaire (GHQ-12)

Personality and Individual Differences

Volumn 50, Issue 7, 2011, Pages 1056-1061

  Wang, Lei ^a   Lin, Weipeng ^a  

^a PEKING UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

Dimensionality; GHQ 12; Psychological health; Psychological test; Wording effects

Indexed keywords

EID: 79952619081     PISSN: 01918869     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.paid.2011.01.024     Document Type: Article

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