Exploratory and confirmatory factor analyses of the Multidimensional Scale of Perceived Social Support in patients with schizophrenia

Comprehensive Psychiatry

Volumn 53, Issue 3, 2012, Pages 286-291

  Vaingankar, Janhavi Ajit ^a   Abdin, Edimansyah ^a   Chong, Siow Ann ^a  

^a INSTITUTE OF MENTAL HEALTH   (Singapore)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CRONBACH ALPHA COEFFICIENT; FACTORIAL ANALYSIS; FAMILY; FEMALE; FRIEND; HUMAN; INTERNAL CONSISTENCY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MODEL; MULTIDIMENSIONAL SCALE OF PERCEIVED SOCIAL SUPPORT; PRINCIPAL COMPONENT ANALYSIS; PSYCHOLOGICAL RATING SCALE; SCHIZOPHRENIA; SOCIAL SUPPORT;

ADULT; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; FACTOR ANALYSIS, STATISTICAL; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; PRINCIPAL COMPONENT ANALYSIS; PSYCHOLOGICAL TESTS; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; SCHIZOPHRENIC PSYCHOLOGY; SOCIAL SUPPORT;

EID: 84858792032     PISSN: 0010440X     EISSN: 15328384     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.comppsych.2011.04.005     Document Type: Article

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