Telephone versus Internet administration of self-report measures of social anxiety, depressive symptoms, and Insomnia: Psychometric evaluation of a method to reduce the impact of missing data

Journal of Medical Internet Research

Volumn 15, Issue 10, 2013, Pages

  Hedman, Erik ^a   Ljótsson, Brjánn ^a   Blom, Kerstin ^a   El Alaoui, Samir ^a   Kraepelien, Martin ^a   Rück, Christian ^a   Andersson, Gerhard ^a,b   Svanborg, Cecilia ^a   Lindefors, Nils ^a   Kaldo, Viktor ^a  

^a KAROLINSKA INSTITUTE   (Sweden)

^b LINKÖPING UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Internet; Method validation; Missing data; Self report measures; Telephone

Indexed keywords

ANXIETY DISORDER; ARTICLE; DEPRESSION; FEMALE; HUMAN; INSOMNIA; INTERNET; MALE; METHOD VALIDATION; MISSING DATA; PSYCHOMETRY; SELF DISCLOSURE; SELF-REPORT MEASURES; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR; TELEPHONE;

INTERNET; METHOD VALIDATION; MISSING DATA; SELF-REPORT MEASURES; TELEPHONE;

ANXIETY DISORDERS; DEPRESSION; FEMALE; HUMANS; INTERNET; MALE; PSYCHOMETRICS; SELF DISCLOSURE; SLEEP INITIATION AND MAINTENANCE DISORDERS; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR; TELEPHONE;

EID: 84887898915     PISSN: None     EISSN: 14388871     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2196/jmir.2818     Document Type: Article

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