Validation of the structural coherency of the General Health Questionnaire;Validação da coerência estrutural do questionário de saúde geral

Revista Brasileira de Psiquiatria

Volumn 33, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 59-63

  de Carvalho, Hudson Wander ^a   Patrick, Christopher J ^b   Jorge, Miguel Roberto ^a   Andreoli, Sérgio Baxter ^a,c  

^a FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF SÃO PAULO   (Brazil)

^b FLORIDA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c CATHOLIC UNIVERSITY OF SANTOS   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Factor analysis; Mass screening; Psychometrics; Questionnaires; Validity of tests

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; GENERAL HEALTH QUESTIONNAIRE; HUMAN; RELIABILITY; VALIDATION PROCESS;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; BRAZIL; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; FACTOR ANALYSIS, STATISTICAL; FEMALE; HEALTH SURVEYS; HUMANS; MALE; MENTAL DISORDERS; MIDDLE AGED; PSYCHOMETRICS; QUESTIONNAIRES;

EID: 79956324399     PISSN: 15164446     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1590/S1516-44462011000100012     Document Type: Article

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