Psychometric properties of the GAD-Q-IV and DERS in older, community-dwelling GAD patients and controls

Journal of Anxiety Disorders

Volumn 26, Issue 3, 2012, Pages 385-392

  Staples, Alison M ^a   Mohlman, Jan ^a  

^a RUTGERS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Diagnosis; Difficulties in Emotion Regulation Scale; Generalized anxiety disorder; Generalized Anxiety Disorder Questionnaire for DSM IV; Older adults; Psychometrics

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ANXIETY SENSITIVITY QUESTIONNAIRE; ARTICLE; BECK ANXIETY INVENTORY; BECK DEPRESSION INVENTORY; COMORBIDITY; CONSTRUCT VALIDITY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIFFICULTIES IN EMOTION REGULATION SCALE; FEMALE; GENERALIZED ANXIETY DISORDER; GENERALIZED ANXIETY DISORDER QUESTIONNAIRE FOR DSM IV; HUMAN; INTERNAL CONSISTENCY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NAMED INVENTORIES, QUESTIONNAIRES AND RATING SCALES; PENN STATE WORRY QUESTIONNAIRE; PSYCHOMETRY; RECEIVER OPERATING CHARACTERISTIC; SCREENING TEST; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; TEST RETEST RELIABILITY;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ANXIETY; ANXIETY DISORDERS; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PSYCHOMETRICS; QUESTIONNAIRES; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY;

EID: 84858174344     PISSN: 08876185     EISSN: 18737897     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.janxdis.2012.01.005     Document Type: Article

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