Psychometric properties of the Chinese (Mandarin) TEMPS-A: A population study of 985 non-clinical subjects in China

Journal of Affective Disorders

Volumn 147, Issue 1-3, 2013, Pages 29-33

  Lin, Kangguang ^a,b   Xu, Guiyun ^a   Miao, Guodong ^a   Ning, Yuping ^a   Ouyang, Huiyi ^a   Chen, Xiaodong ^a   Hoang, Napoleon ^b   Akiskal, Kareen K ^b   Akiskal, Hagop S ^b  

^a GUANGZHOU MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Chinese Han; Epidemiology; Mandarin; Psychometrics; Temperament; TEMPS A

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ANXIETY; ARTICLE; CHINA; CHINESE; CRONBACH ALPHA COEFFICIENT; CYCLOTHYMIA; DEPRESSION; ETHNIC GROUP; FACTORIAL ANALYSIS; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; INTERNAL CONSISTENCY; IRRITABILITY; LANGUAGE; MALE; NORMAL HUMAN; POPULATION RESEARCH; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PSYCHOMETRY; PUBLICATION; QUESTIONNAIRE; SEX DIFFERENCE; TEMPERAMENT; TEMPERAMENT EVALUATION OF MEMPHIS, PISA, PARIS AND SANDIEGO; TEST RETEST RELIABILITY; VALIDATION PROCESS;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; CHINA; CROSS-CULTURAL COMPARISON; FEMALE; HUMANS; LANGUAGE; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PERSONALITY INVENTORY; PSYCHOMETRICS; QUESTIONNAIRES; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; SELF REPORT; TEMPERAMENT; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84875369674     PISSN: 01650327     EISSN: 15732517     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jad.2012.12.024     Document Type: Article

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