Validation of the modified DUKE-UNC Functional Social Support Questionnaire in patients with schizophrenia

Social Psychiatry and Psychiatric Epidemiology

Volumn 48, Issue 10, 2013, Pages 1675-1685

  Mas Expósito, Laia ^a,b   Amador Campos, Juan Antonio ^b,c   Gómez Benito, Juana ^b,c   Lalucat Jo, Lluís ^a  

^a Centre d'Higiene Mental les Corts   (Spain)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BARCELONA   (Spain)

^c Institute for Brain Cognition and Behavior (IR3C)   (Spain)

Author keywords

Factor structure; FSSQ; Modified Duke UNC Functional Social Support Questionnaire; Reliability; Schizophrenia; Social support; Validity

Indexed keywords

ADULT; FACTORIAL ANALYSIS; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PSYCHOLOGY; PSYCHOMETRY; QUESTIONNAIRE; REPRODUCIBILITY; SCHIZOPHRENIA; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SOCIAL SUPPORT; STANDARDS; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA;

ADULT; FACTOR ANALYSIS, STATISTICAL; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PSYCHOMETRICS; QUESTIONNAIRES; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; SCHIZOPHRENIA; SCHIZOPHRENIC PSYCHOLOGY; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SOCIAL SUPPORT;

EID: 84885430745     PISSN: 09337954     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00127-012-0633-3     Document Type: Article

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