Validation and normalization of the General Health Questionnaire 30 in parents with primary school children in China

Comprehensive Psychiatry

Volumn 53, Issue 5, 2012, Pages 593-599

  Sun, Jing ^a   Stewart, Donald ^a   Yuan, Bao Jun ^b   Zhang, Shu Hua ^c  

^a GRIFFITH UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^b JIANGSU PROVINCIAL CENTER FOR DISEASE CONTROL AND PREVENTION   (China)

^c SHENYANG NORMAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

ANXIETY; ARTICLE; CHILD; CHILD BEHAVIOR; CHILD PARENT RELATION; CHINA; COPING BEHAVIOR; DEPRESSION; EXPLORATORY RESEARCH; FACTORIAL ANALYSIS; GENERAL HEALTH QUESTIONNAIRE 30; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; PRIMARY SCHOOL; QUESTIONNAIRE; RELIABILITY; SCHOOL CHILD; SLEEP DISORDER; SOCIAL DISABILITY;

ADULT; ANXIETY; CHILD; CHINA; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; DEPRESSION; FACTOR ANALYSIS, STATISTICAL; FAMILY HEALTH; FEMALE; HEALTH SURVEYS; HUMANS; MALE; MENTAL DISORDERS; PARENTS; PRINCIPAL COMPONENT ANALYSIS; PSYCHIATRIC STATUS RATING SCALES; PSYCHOMETRICS; REFERENCE STANDARDS; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS;

EID: 84862222879     PISSN: 0010440X     EISSN: 15328384     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.comppsych.2011.09.009     Document Type: Article

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