Validation of the Trait Anxiety Scale for State-Trait Anxiety Inventory in Suicide Victims and Living Controls of Chinese Rural Youths

Archives of Suicide Research

Volumn 16, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 85-94

  Zhang, Jie ^a   Gao, Qi ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY AT BUFFALO   (United States)

^b CAPITAL MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

Chinese rural youth; parallel analysis; psychological autopsy; STAI; trait anxiety; validation

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ANXIETY; ARTICLE; CASE CONTROL STUDY; CHINA; ETHNOLOGY; FACTORIAL ANALYSIS; FEMALE; HUMAN; INSTRUMENTATION; MALE; PERSONALITY TEST; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; PSYCHOMETRY; QUESTIONNAIRE; REPRODUCIBILITY; RURAL POPULATION; SUICIDE; VALIDATION STUDY;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ANXIETY; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; CHINA; FACTOR ANALYSIS, STATISTICAL; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; PERSONALITY INVENTORY; PSYCHOMETRICS; QUESTIONNAIRES; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; RURAL POPULATION; SUICIDE;

EID: 84863147917     PISSN: 13811118     EISSN: 15436136     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/13811118.2012.641440     Document Type: Article

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