Multilevel ordinal factor analysis of the Positive and Negative Syndrome Scale (PANSS)

International Journal of Methods in Psychiatric Research

Volumn 23, Issue 1, 2014, Pages 25-35

  Stochl, Jan ^a,b   Jones, Peter B ^a,b   Plaistow, James ^b   Reininghaus, Ulrich ^c   Priebe, Stefan ^d   Perez, Jesus ^a,b   Croudace, Tim J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE   (United Kingdom)

^b CAMBRIDGESHIRE AND PETERBOROUGH NHS FOUNDATION TRUST   (United Kingdom)

^c KING'S COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^d QUEEN MARY UNIVERSITY OF LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Psychometrics; Psychoses; Scale validation

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; FACTOR ANALYSIS; FEMALE; HUMAN; INTERNATIONAL COOPERATION; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MULTICENTER STUDY; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PSYCHOLOGICAL RATING SCALE; PSYCHOMETRY; PSYCHOTIC DISORDERS; QUESTIONNAIRE; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; YOUNG ADULT;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; FACTOR ANALYSIS, STATISTICAL; FEMALE; HUMANS; INTERNATIONAL COOPERATION; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PSYCHIATRIC STATUS RATING SCALES; PSYCHOMETRICS; PSYCHOTIC DISORDERS; SURVEYS AND QUESTIONNAIRES; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84897627079     PISSN: 10498931     EISSN: 15570657     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/mpr.1429     Document Type: Article

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