Somatic symptom reporting has a dimensional latent structure: Results from taxometric analyses

Journal of Abnormal Psychology

Volumn 121, Issue 3, 2012, Pages 725-738

  Jasper, Fabian ^a   Hiller, Wolfgang ^a   Rist, Fred ^b   Bailer, Josef ^c   Witthöft, Michael ^a  

^a JOHANNES GUTENBERG UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MÜNSTER   (Germany)

^c UNIVERSITY OF HEIDELBERG   (Germany)

Author keywords

Medically unexplained symptoms; Phq 15; Somatization; Somatoform; Taxometric analysis

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ANALYTIC METHOD; ARTICLE; CLINICAL FEATURE; CLINICAL INDICATOR; COMPARATIVE STUDY; COMPARISON CURVE FIT INDEX; DATA ANALYSIS; DISEASE MODEL; FEMALE; GERMANY; HUMAN; LATENT MODE ANALYSIS; LATENT STRUCTURE ANALYSIS; MALE; MAXIMUM EIGENVALUE ANALYSIS; MEAN ABOVE MINUS BELOW A CUT ANALYSIS; MEDICALLY UNEXPLAINED SYMPTOM; MONTE CARLO METHOD; PATHOGENESIS; PRIMARY MEDICAL CARE; PRINCIPAL COMPONENT ANALYSIS; PROCESS MODEL; PSYCHOLOGIC TEST; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; SEX DIFFERENCE; SOMATIZATION; SOMATOFORM DISORDER; STUDENT; SYMPTOMATOLOGY; TAXOMETRIC ANALYSIS; VOLUNTARY REPORTING; ADOLESCENT; FACTORIAL ANALYSIS; PERSONALITY TEST; QUESTIONNAIRE; SELF EVALUATION; STATISTICAL MODEL;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; DIAGNOSTIC SELF EVALUATION; FACTOR ANALYSIS, STATISTICAL; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MODELS, STATISTICAL; PERSONALITY INVENTORY; QUESTIONNAIRES; SOMATOFORM DISORDERS; STUDENTS;

EID: 84873489366     PISSN: 0021843X     EISSN: 19391846     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1037/a0028407     Document Type: Article

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