Health anxiety: Comparison of the latent structure in medical and non-medical samples

Journal of Anxiety Disorders

Volumn 25, Issue 4, 2011, Pages 612-614

  Alberts, Nicole M ^a   Sharpe, Donald ^a   Kehler, Melissa D ^a   Hadjistavropoulos, Heather D ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF REGINA   (Canada)

Author keywords

Confirmatory factor analysis; Exploratory factor analysis; Health anxiety; Hypochondriasis

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ANXIETY; ARTICLE; COMMUNITY SAMPLE; CONFIRMATORY FACTOR ANALYSIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; EXPLORATORY FACTOR ANALYSIS; FACTORIAL ANALYSIS; FEAR OF ILLNESS; FEMALE; HEALTH ANXIETY; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MULTIPLE SCLEROSIS; PSYCHOLOGIC TEST; PSYCHOLOGICAL AND PSYCHIATRIC PHENOMENA; SELF REPORT; SHORT HEALTH ANXIETY INVENTORY; THOUGHT INTRUSION;

ADULT; ANXIETY; ANXIETY DISORDERS; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; FACTOR ANALYSIS, STATISTICAL; FEAR; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MULTIPLE SCLEROSIS; PSYCHIATRIC STATUS RATING SCALES; PSYCHOMETRICS; QUESTIONNAIRES;

EID: 79953696778     PISSN: 08876185     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.janxdis.2011.01.011     Document Type: Article

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