The Columbia Impairment Scale: Factor Analysis Using a Community Mental Health Sample

Research on Social Work Practice

Volumn 21, Issue 4, 2011, Pages 458-468

  Singer, Jonathan B ^a   Eack, Shaun M ^b   Greeno, Catherine M ^b  

^a TEMPLE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF PITTSBURGH   (United States)

Author keywords

Columbia Impairment Scale; community mental health; factor analysis; impairment

Indexed keywords

EID: 79958750606     PISSN: 10497315     EISSN: 15527581     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/1049731510394464     Document Type: Article

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