Validation of a short adaptation of the Mood and Anxiety Symptoms Questionnaire (MASQ) in adolescents and young adults

Psychiatry Research

Volumn 215, Issue 3, 2014, Pages 778-783

  Lin, Ashleigh ^a   Yung, Alison R ^b,c   Wigman, Johanna T W ^d,e   Killackey, Eoin ^b   Baksheev, Gennady ^b   Wardenaar, Klaas J ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BIRMINGHAM   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MELBOURNE   (Australia)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MANCHESTER   (United Kingdom)

^d UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER GRONINGEN   (Netherlands)

^e MAASTRICHT UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Adolescents; Anxiety; Depression; MASQ; Psychometric; Tripartite model; Validation

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ANXIETY DISORDER; ARTICLE; AUSTRALIA; CENTER FOR EPIDEMIOLOGICAL STUDIES DEPRESSION SCALE; CHILD BEHAVIOR; CHILD PSYCHIATRY; CLINICAL ASSESSMENT TOOL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEPRESSION; DIAGNOSTIC TEST ACCURACY STUDY; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; FACTORIAL ANALYSIS; FEMALE; HELP SEEKING BEHAVIOR; HUMAN; INSTRUMENT VALIDATION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MOOD AND ANXIETY SYMPTOMS QUESTIONNAIRE; ONSET AGE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PSYCHOMETRY; QUESTIONNAIRE; AFFECT; ANXIETY; MOOD DISORDERS; OUTPATIENT; PSYCHOLOGY; REPRODUCIBILITY; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA; YOUNG ADULT;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AFFECT; ANXIETY; AUSTRALIA; DEPRESSION; FACTOR ANALYSIS, STATISTICAL; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MOOD DISORDERS; OUTPATIENTS; PSYCHOMETRICS; QUESTIONNAIRES; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84900362343     PISSN: 01651781     EISSN: 18727123     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.psychres.2013.12.018     Document Type: Article

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