Psychometric properties of the Repetitive Thinking Questionnaire in a clinical sample

Journal of Anxiety Disorders

Volumn 26, Issue 2, 2012, Pages 359-367

  Mahoney, Alison E J ^a   McEvoy, Peter M ^b,c   Moulds, Michelle L ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEW SOUTH WALES   (Australia)

^b Canberra ACT   (Australia)

^c UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN AUSTRALIA   (Australia)

Author keywords

Psychometrics; Repetitive negative thinking; Rumination; Transdiagnostic; Worry

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ANXIETY DISORDER; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ASSESSMENT; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEPRESSION; FEMALE; HUMAN; INSTRUMENT VALIDATION; INTERNAL CONSISTENCY; LONGITUDINAL STUDY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALADJUSTMENT; MALE; NEUROSIS; PATIENT ASSESSMENT; PSYCHOMETRY; QUESTIONNAIRE; REPETITIVE THINKING QUESTIONNAIRE;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ANXIETY; ANXIETY DISORDERS; DEPRESSIVE DISORDER; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PSYCHOMETRICS; QUESTIONNAIRES; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; THINKING;

EID: 84856209769     PISSN: 08876185     EISSN: 18737897     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.janxdis.2011.12.003     Document Type: Article

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