Co-calibration of deliberate self harm (DSH) behaviours: Towards a common measurement metric

Psychiatry Research

Volumn 200, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 26-34

  Latimer, Shane ^a   Covic, Tanya ^a   Tennant, Alan ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN SYDNEY   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF LEEDS   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Measures; Rasch measurement; Self mutilation; Test score equating

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; AUSTRALIA; AUTOMUTILATION; CALIBRATION; CLINICAL PRACTICE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DELIBERATE SELF HARM; DELIBERATE SELF HARM INVENTORY; FEMALE; HUMAN; INVENTORY OF STATEMENTS ABOUT SELF INJURY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MENTAL PATIENT; NOMENCLATURE; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PSYCHOLOGICAL RATING SCALE; PSYCHOMETRY; RASCH ANALYSIS; REFERENCE VALUE; SELF HARM INFORMATION FORM; SELF HARM INVENTORY; SELF INJURIOUS THOUGHTS AND BEHAVIORS INTERVIEW; SELF INJURY QUESTIONNAIRE TREATMENT RELATED; UNIVERSITY STUDENT; VALIDATION PROCESS; VOLUNTARY WORKER;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AUSTRALIA; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; PREVALENCE; QUESTIONNAIRES; SELF-INJURIOUS BEHAVIOR;

EID: 84869866768     PISSN: 01651781     EISSN: 18727123     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.psychres.2012.05.019     Document Type: Article

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