The generalised anxiety stigma scale (GASS): Psychometric properties in a community sample

BMC Psychiatry

Volumn 11, Issue , 2011, Pages

  Griffiths, Kathleen M ^a   Batterham, Philip J ^a   Barney, Lisa ^a   Parsons, Alison ^a  

^a AUSTRALIAN NATIONAL UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; AUSTRALIA; CONSTRUCT VALIDITY; DEVALUATION DISCRIMINATION SCALE; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; GENERALISED ANXIETY STIGMA SCALE; GENERALIZED ANXIETY DISORDER; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAL HISTORY; PATIENT ATTITUDE; PSYCHOMETRY; RATING SCALE; SELF REPORT; SOCIAL DISTANCE SCALE; STIGMA; TEST RETEST RELIABILITY; AGED; ANXIETY DISORDER; MENTAL HEALTH; MIDDLE AGED; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; PSYCHOLOGICAL RATING SCALE; QUESTIONNAIRE; SOCIAL PSYCHOLOGY; SOCIAL STIGMA; VALIDATION STUDY;

ADULT; AGED; ANXIETY DISORDERS; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; MALE; MENTAL HEALTH; MIDDLE AGED; PSYCHIATRIC STATUS RATING SCALES; PSYCHOMETRICS; QUESTIONNAIRES; SOCIAL STIGMA; STEREOTYPING;

EID: 81455161611     PISSN: None     EISSN: 1471244X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1471-244X-11-184     Document Type: Article

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