The absence of depressive symptoms is not the presence of wellness: Validation of the Clinical Positive Affect Scale

Australian and New Zealand Journal of Psychiatry

Volumn 46, Issue 12, 2012, Pages 1165-1172

  Nierenberg, Andrew A ^a   Bentley, Kate H ^b   Farabaugh, Amy H ^a   Fava, Maurizio ^a   Deckersbach, Thilo ^a  

^a MASSACHUSETTS GENERAL HOSPITAL   (United States)

^b BOSTON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Clinical positive affect scale; self report questionnaire; validation

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ANXIETY; ARTICLE; CLINICAL POSITIVE AFFECT SCALE; COGNITION; COLLEGE STUDENT; CONSTRUCT VALIDITY; CRITERION RELATED VALIDITY; DEPRESSION; DRUG ABUSE; FEMALE; HUMAN; INTERNAL CONSISTENCY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PRINCIPAL COMPONENT ANALYSIS; PSYCHOLOGICAL RATING SCALE; SELF REPORT; VALIDATION PROCESS; VARIMAX ROTATION; WELLBEING;

AFFECTIVE SYMPTOMS; DEPRESSIVE DISORDER; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MENTAL HEALTH; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT (HEALTH CARE); PSYCHOMETRICS; QUESTIONNAIRES; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; SELF REPORT; SICKNESS IMPACT PROFILE; STUDENTS; TREATMENT OUTCOME; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84873619000     PISSN: 00048674     EISSN: 14401614     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0004867412459810     Document Type: Article

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