A taxometric exploration of the latent structure of hoarding

Psychological Assessment

Volumn 25, Issue 1, 2013, Pages 194-203

  Timpano, Kiara R ^a   Broman Fulks, Joshua J ^b   Glaesmer, Heide ^c   Exner, Cornelia ^c   Rief, Winfried ^d   Olatunji, Bunmi O ^e   Keough, Meghan E ^f   Riccardi, Christina J ^g   Brähler, Elmar ^c   Wilhelm, Sabine ^h,i   Schmidt, Norman B ^g  

^a University of Miami   (United States)

^b APPALACHIAN STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF LEIPZIG   (Germany)

^d PHILIPPS UNIVERSITY MARBURG   (Germany)

^e VANDERBILT UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^f UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

^g FLORIDA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^h MASSACHUSETTS GENERAL HOSPITAL   (United States)

ⁱ HARVARD MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

Author keywords

Dimensional latent structure; Hoarding; Taxometrics

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; COMPARISON CURVE FIT INDEX; DECISION MAKING; DSM-5; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE POLICY; HOARDING RATING SCALE; HUMAN; LATENT MODE FACTOR ANALYSIS; MALE; MAXIMUM EIGENVALUE; MEAN ABOVE MINUS BELOW A CUT; OBSESSIVE HOARDING; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PSYCHOLOGIC TEST; SAVING COGNITIONS INVENTORY; SAVING INVENTORY REVISED; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; STATISTICS; TAXOMETRICS; UNDERGRADUATE STUDENT;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; FEMALE; GERMANY; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; OBSESSIVE HOARDING; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84875347221     PISSN: 10403590     EISSN: 1939134X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1037/a0029966     Document Type: Article

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