Building a new Rasch-based self-report inventory of depression

Neuropsychiatric Disease and Treatment

Volumn 10, Issue , 2014, Pages 153-165

  Balsamo, Michela ^a   Giampaglia, Giuseppe ^b   Saggino, Aristide ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CHIETI   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NAPLES FEDERICO II   (Italy)

Author keywords

Depression; Rasch analysis; Scale development; Self report scales

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; COMMUNITY LIVING; DEPRESSION; DISEASE SEVERITY; DSM-IV-TR; FEMALE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NORMAL HUMAN; OUTPATIENT; PERSON SEPARATION INDEX; PSYCHOLOGIC TEST; PSYCHOMETRY; RASCH ANALYSIS; RELIABILITY; SCREENING TEST; SELF REPORT; TEATE DEPRESSION INVENTORY;

EID: 84893437103     PISSN: 11766328     EISSN: 11782021     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2147/NDT.S53425     Document Type: Article

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