Italian version of Demoralization Scale: A validation study;La versione italiana della Demoralization Scale: Uno studio di validazione

Rivista di Psichiatria

Volumn 48, Issue 3, 2013, Pages 234-239

  Costantini, Anna ^a   Picardi, Angelo ^b   Brunetti, Serena ^a   Trabucchi, Guido ^c   Bersani, Francesco Saverio ^c   Minichino, Amedeo ^c   Marchetti, Paolo ^a  

^a SAPIENZA UNIVERSITY OF ROME   (Italy)

^b ISTITUTO SUPERIORE DI SANITÀ   (Italy)

^c SAPIENZA UNIVERSITY OF ROME   (Italy)

Author keywords

Advanced cancer; Demoralization; Depression; Psychooncology

Indexed keywords

ADVANCED CANCER; ARTICLE; BECK DEPRESSION INVENTORY; DEMORALIZATION; DEPRESSION; DYSPHORIA; HELPLESSNESS; HUMAN; KARNOFSKY PERFORMANCE STATUS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MENTAL DISEASE; VALIDATION STUDY;

DEPRESSIVE DISORDER; DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; FEMALE; HUMANS; ITALY; LANGUAGE; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NEOPLASMS; PSYCHIATRIC STATUS RATING SCALES; PSYCHOMETRICS; QUESTIONNAIRES; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS;

EID: 84879030640     PISSN: 00356484     EISSN: 20382502     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1708/1292.14291     Document Type: Article

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