Confirmatory factor analysis of the general health questionnaire (GHQ-12) in spanish adolescents

Quality of Life Research

Volumn 21, Issue 7, 2012, Pages 1291-1298

  Padroń, Alicia ^a   Galań, Iñaki ^b,c   Durbań, Mariá ^d   Gandarillas, Ana ^e   Rodríguez Artalejo, Fernando ^c,f  

^a Public Health Centre   (Spain)

^b CARLOS III INSTITUTE OF HEALTH   (Spain)

^c UNIVERSIDAD AUTÓNOMA DE MADRID   (Spain)

^d UNIVERSIDAD CARLOS III DE MADRID   (Spain)

^e Consejería de Sanidad de Madrid ^*  (Spain)

^f CIBER EPIDEMIOLOGÍA Y SALUD PÚBLICA CIBERESP   (Spain)

Author keywords

Adolescents; Confirmatory factor analysis; Health survey; Mental health; Spain

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ARTICLE; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; FACTORIAL ANALYSIS; FEMALE; HEALTH STATUS; HUMAN; INSTRUMENTATION; MALE; MENTAL DISEASE; PSYCHOMETRY; QUESTIONNAIRE; REPRODUCIBILITY; SPAIN; STANDARD; STATISTICAL MODEL; VALIDATION STUDY;

ADOLESCENT; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; FACTOR ANALYSIS, STATISTICAL; FEMALE; HEALTH STATUS; HUMANS; MALE; MENTAL DISORDERS; MODELS, STATISTICAL; PSYCHOMETRICS; QUESTIONNAIRES; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; SPAIN;

EID: 84867068611     PISSN: 09629343     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11136-011-0038-x     Document Type: Article

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