Validation of the Concise Chinese Level of Expressed Emotion Scale

Social Work in Mental Health

Volumn 9, Issue 6, 2011, Pages 473-484

  Ng, Siu Man ^a   Sun, Yat Sang ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HONG KONG   (Hong Kong)

Author keywords

Chinese; expressed emotion; factor analysis; scale; schizophrenia

Indexed keywords

EID: 84859349380     PISSN: 15332985     EISSN: 15332993     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/15332985.2011.570653     Document Type: Article

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