Psychometric properties of the Spanish version of the Geriatric Anxiety Inventory

International Psychogeriatrics

Volumn 24, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 137-144

  Márquez González, María ^a   Losada, Andràs ^b   Fernández Fernández, Virginia ^b   Pachana, Nancy A ^c  

^a UNIVERSIDAD AUTÓNOMA DE MADRID   (Spain)

^b UNIVERSIDAD REY JUAN CARLOS   (Spain)

^c UNIVERSITY OF QUEENSLAND   (Australia)

Author keywords

anxiety; assessment; elderly; emotion regulation; factor analysis

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ANXIETY; ARTICLE; AVOIDANCE BEHAVIOR; DEPRESSION; EMOTION; EMOTIONAL STRESS; FEMALE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PSYCHOLOGIC TEST; PSYCHOMETRY; RUMINATION; SPAIN;

AGED; ANXIETY; DEPRESSION; FACTOR ANALYSIS, STATISTICAL; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PSYCHIATRIC STATUS RATING SCALES; PSYCHOMETRICS; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS; SPAIN; TRANSLATING;

EID: 82055169073     PISSN: 10416102     EISSN: 1741203X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S1041610211001505     Document Type: Article

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