Factor structure of the brief negative symptom scale

Schizophrenia Research

Volumn 142, Issue 1-3, 2012, Pages 96-98

  Strauss, Gregory P ^a   Hong, L Elliot ^a   Gold, James M ^a   Buchanan, Robert W ^a,b   McMahon, Robert P ^a   Keller, William R ^a   Fischer, Bernard A ^a,b   Catalano, Lauren T ^a   Culbreth, Adam J ^a   Carpenter, William T ^a,b   Kirkpatrick, Brian ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b VETERANS AFFAIRS MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^c TEXAS A M COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Alogia; Anhedonia; Asociality; Avolition; Blunted affect

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ANHEDONIA; ARTICLE; BRIEF NEGATIVE SYMPTOM SCALE; CONSTRUCT VALIDITY; DISTRESS SYNDROME; DSM-IV; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; EMOTIONALITY; ETHNIC DIFFERENCE; FACIAL EXPRESSION; FACTORIAL ANALYSIS; FEMALE; GESTURE; HUMAN; INSTRUMENT VALIDATION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MOTIVATION; PLEASURE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RATING SCALE; SCHIZOAFFECTIVE PSYCHOSIS; SPEECH;

ADULT; BRIEF PSYCHIATRIC RATING SCALE; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PRINCIPAL COMPONENT ANALYSIS; PSYCHOTIC DISORDERS; SCHIZOPHRENIA; SCHIZOPHRENIC PSYCHOLOGY;

EID: 84869876105     PISSN: 09209964     EISSN: 15732509     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.schres.2012.09.007     Document Type: Article

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