The low- and higher-order factor structure of symptoms in patients with a first episode of psychosis

Schizophrenia Research

Volumn 147, Issue 1, 2013, Pages 116-124

  Peralta, Victor ^a   Moreno Izco, Lucía ^a   Calvo Barrena, Laura ^a   Cuesta, Manuel J ^a  

^a Universidad Pública de Navarra   (Spain)

Author keywords

Factor analysis; Hierarchical structure; Psychosis; Schizophrenia; Schmid Leiman transformation

Indexed keywords

ABNORMAL BEHAVIOR; ADULT; ANHEDONIA; ANTISOCIAL BEHAVIOR; APATHY; ARTICLE; ATTENTION DISTURBANCE; BLUNTED AFFECT; CATATONIA; DELUSION; DEPRESSION; FACTORIAL ANALYSIS; FEMALE; HALLUCINATION; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MANIA; PARANOIA; PRINCIPAL COMPONENT ANALYSIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PSYCHOMOTOR RETARDATION; PSYCHOSIS; SCHMID LEIMAN TRANSFORMATION; SPEECH DISORDER; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; SYMPTOM ASSESSMENT; THOUGHT DISORDER;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; DELUSIONS; DEPRESSION; FEMALE; HALLUCINATIONS; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PRINCIPAL COMPONENT ANALYSIS; PSYCHIATRIC STATUS RATING SCALES; PSYCHOTIC DISORDERS; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84877144837     PISSN: 09209964     EISSN: 15732509     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.schres.2013.03.018     Document Type: Article

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