Exploratory Factor Analysis of the Anxiety Control Questionnaire Among Older Adults

Behavior Modification

Volumn 36, Issue 4, 2012, Pages 600-616

  Gerolimatos, Lindsay A ^a   Gould, Christine E ^a,b   Edelstein, Barry A ^a  

^a WEST VIRGINIA UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b VA PALO ALTO HEALTH CARE SYSTEM   (United States)

Author keywords

anxiety control; factor analysis; older adults

Indexed keywords

ADAPTIVE BEHAVIOR; AGE; AGED; ANXIETY; ARTICLE; CONTROL; FACTORIAL ANALYSIS; HUMAN; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PSYCHOLOGIC TEST; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; PSYCHOMETRY; QUESTIONNAIRE; STANDARD;

ADAPTATION, PSYCHOLOGICAL; AGE FACTORS; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ANXIETY; FACTOR ANALYSIS, STATISTICAL; HUMANS; INTERNAL-EXTERNAL CONTROL; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PSYCHOLOGICAL TESTS; PSYCHOMETRICS; QUESTIONNAIRES;

EID: 84864800536     PISSN: 01454455     EISSN: 15524167     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0145445512443982     Document Type: Article

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