The value of suppressor effects in explicating the construct validity of symptom measures

Psychological Assessment

Volumn 25, Issue 3, 2013, Pages 929-941

  Watson, David ^a   Clark, Lee Anna ^a   Chmielewski, Michael ^b   Kotov, Roman ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NOTRE DAME   (United States)

^b SOUTHERN METHODIST UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c STONY BROOK UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Appetite disturbance; Construct validity; Hierarchical models; Mania symptoms; Suppressor effects

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ANALYTICAL PARAMETERS; ANXIETY DISORDER; APPETITE DISORDER; ARTICLE; BECK DEPRESSION INVENTORY; CENTER FOR EPIDEMIOLOGICAL STUDIES DEPRESSION SCALE; COLLEGE STUDENT; COMMUNITY SAMPLE; CONSTRUCT VALIDITY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEPRESSION; DISTRESS SYNDROME; DYSPHORIA; EDINBURGH POSTNATAL DEPRESSION SCALE; EMOTIONALITY; FEMALE; HUMAN; INTERVIEW; INTERVIEW FOR MOOD AND ANXIETY SYMPTOM; INVENTORY OF DEPRESSION AND ANXIETY SYMPTOMS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MANIA; OUTPATIENT; PSYCHOLOGIC TEST; PSYCHOLOGICAL WELL BEING; SELF REPORT; SUPPRESSOR EFFECT; SYMPTOMATOLOGY; WEIGHT GAIN;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ANXIETY; BIPOLAR DISORDER; DEPRESSION; EATING DISORDERS; FEMALE; HUMANS; INTERVIEWS AS TOPIC; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MODELS, THEORETICAL; PSYCHIATRIC STATUS RATING SCALES; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; SELF REPORT; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84883767635     PISSN: 10403590     EISSN: 1939134X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1037/a0032781     Document Type: Article

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