Structural validity of the tonic immobility scale in a population exposed to trauma: Evidence from two large brazilian samples

PLoS ONE

Volumn 9, Issue 4, 2014, Pages

  Reichenheim, Michael ^a   Souza, Wanderson ^b   Coutinho, Evandro Silva Freire ^c   Figueira, Ivan ^d   Quintana, Maria Inês ^e   De Mello, Marcelo Feijó ^e   Bressan, Rodrigo Affonseca ^e   De Mari, Jair Jesus ^e   Andreoli, Sergio Baxter ^e  

^a STATE UNIVERSITY OF RIO DE JANEIRO   (Brazil)

^b FEDERAL RURAL UNIVERSITY OF RIO DE JANEIRO   (Brazil)

^c INSTITUTO OSWALDO CRUZ   (Brazil)

^d FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF RIO DE JANEIRO   (Brazil)

^e FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF SÃO PAULO   (Brazil)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; BRAZIL; CONVERGENT VALIDITY; DISCRIMINANT VALIDITY; EXPOSURE; FACTORIAL ANALYSIS; FEMALE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAL HISTORY; PSYCHOLOGICAL RATING SCALE; PSYCHOTRAUMA; TONIC IMMOBILITY; TONIC IMMOBILITY SCALE; VIOLENCE; CITY; FEAR; MENTAL STRESS; MIDDLE AGED; PSYCHOLOGY; PSYCHOMETRY; STATISTICAL MODEL;

ADULT; BRAZIL; CITIES; FACTOR ANALYSIS, STATISTICAL; FEAR; FEMALE; HUMANS; IMMOBILITY RESPONSE, TONIC; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MODELS, STATISTICAL; PSYCHOMETRICS; STRESS, PSYCHOLOGICAL;

EID: 84899694782     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19326203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0094367     Document Type: Article

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