A hierarchy of distress and invariant item ordering in the General Health Questionnaire-12

Journal of Affective Disorders

Volumn 139, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 85-88

  Doyle, F ^a   Watson, R ^b   Morgan, K ^c   McBride, O ^a  

^a ROYAL COLLEGE OF SURGEONS IN IRELAND   (Ireland)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SHEFFIELD   (United Kingdom)

^c PERDANA UNIVERSITY   (Malaysia)

Author keywords

General Health Questionnaire; Non parametric item response theory; Psychological distress

Indexed keywords

ANHEDONIA; ARTICLE; COPING BEHAVIOR; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; DECISION MAKING; DISTRESS SYNDROME; FEMALE; GENERAL HEALTH QUESTIONNAIRE; HUMAN; INVARIANT ITEM ORDERING; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MENTAL CONCENTRATION; PARAMETERS; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

ADAPTATION, PSYCHOLOGICAL; ADULT; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PSYCHOLOGICAL TESTS; QUESTIONNAIRES; STRESS, PSYCHOLOGICAL;

EID: 84860350824     PISSN: 01650327     EISSN: 15732517     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jad.2011.10.022     Document Type: Article

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