Examining the Factor Structure and Discriminant Validity of the 12-Item General Health Questionnaire (GHQ-12) Among Spanish Postpartum Women

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Volumn 19, Issue 4, 2012, Pages 517-525

  Aguado, Jaume ^a,b   Campbell, Alistair ^c   Ascaso, Carlos ^a,d   Navarro, Purificación ^e   Garcia Esteve, Lluïsa ^d,e   Luciano, Juan V ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BARCELONA   (Spain)

^b Research and Development Unit   (Spain)

^c JAMES COOK UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^d INSTITUT D INVESTIGACIONS BIOMÈDIQUES AUGUST PI I SUNYER IDIBAPS   (Spain)

^e HOSPITAL CLÍNIC   (Spain)

Author keywords

confirmatory factor analysis; factor structure; General Health Questionnaire; GHQ 12; postpartum

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ANXIETY DISORDER; ARTICLE; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; DISCRIMINANT ANALYSIS; FACTORIAL ANALYSIS; FEMALE; HUMAN; MASS SCREENING; MENTAL DISEASE; METHODOLOGY; MOOD DISORDER; PSYCHOMETRY; PUERPERAL DEPRESSION; PUERPERAL DISORDER; QUESTIONNAIRE; REPRODUCIBILITY; SPAIN; VALIDATION STUDY;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ANXIETY DISORDERS; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; DEPRESSION, POSTPARTUM; DISCRIMINANT ANALYSIS; FACTOR ANALYSIS, STATISTICAL; FEMALE; HUMANS; MASS SCREENING; MENTAL DISORDERS; MOOD DISORDERS; PSYCHOMETRICS; PUERPERAL DISORDERS; QUESTIONNAIRES; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; SPAIN;

EID: 84868653954     PISSN: 10731911     EISSN: 15523489     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/1073191110388146     Document Type: Article

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