A Short version of the revised 'experience of close relationships questionnaire': Investigating Non-clinical and clinical samples

Clinical Practice and Epidemiology in Mental Health

Volumn 8, Issue , 2012, Pages 36-42

  Wongpakaran, Tinakon ^a   Wongpakaran, Nahathai ^a  

^a Faculty of Medicine Chiang Mai University   (Thailand)

Author keywords

Confirmatory factor analysis; ECR R 18; Short; The experiences of close relationships

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CONCURRENT VALIDITY; EXPERIENCE OF CLOSE RELATIONSHIP QUESTIONNAIRE; FACTORIAL ANALYSIS; FEMALE; HUMAN; INTERNAL CONSISTENCY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MENTAL PATIENT; PERCEIVED STRESS SCALE; PSYCHOMETRY; QUESTIONNAIRE; ROSENBERG SELF-ESTEEM SCALE; TEST RETEST RELIABILITY; UCLA LONELINESS SCALE;

EID: 84872892691     PISSN: None     EISSN: 17450179     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2174/1745017901208010036     Document Type: Article

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