The work and social adjustment scale: Reliability, sensitivity and value

International Journal of Psychiatry in Clinical Practice

Volumn 18, Issue 2, 2014, Pages 131-138

  Zahra, Daniel ^a   Qureshi, Adam ^b   Henley, William ^c   Taylor, Rod ^c   Quinn, Cath ^a   Pooler, Jill ^a   Hardy, Gillian ^d   Newbold, Alexandra ^a   Byng, Richard ^a,c  

^a PLYMOUTH UNIVERSITY PENINSULA SCHOOLS OF MEDICINE AND DENTISTRY   (United Kingdom)

^b EDGE HILL UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY OF EXETER MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United Kingdom)

^d UNIVERSITY OF SHEFFIELD   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Anxiety; Depression; IAPT; Social adjustment; WSAS

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; COGNITIVE THERAPY; COUNSELING; FEMALE; GENERALISED ANXIETY DISORDER QUESTIONNAIRE; GROUP THERAPY; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NAMED INVENTORIES, QUESTIONNAIRES AND RATING SCALES; PATIENT HEALTH QUESTIONNAIRE 9; PRINCIPAL COMPONENT ANALYSIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PSYCHOMETRY; RELIABILITY; SENSITIVITY ANALYSIS; SOCIAL ADAPTATION; SOCIAL INTERACTION; WORK; WORK AND SOCIAL ADJUSTMENT SCALE; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; DEVICES; MIDDLE AGED; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PSYCHOLOGICAL RATING SCALE; PSYCHOLOGY; STANDARDS; VERY ELDERLY; YOUNG ADULT;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PATIENT OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PSYCHIATRIC STATUS RATING SCALES; PSYCHOMETRICS; SOCIAL ADJUSTMENT; WORK; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84901458249     PISSN: 13651501     EISSN: 14711788     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3109/13651501.2014.894072     Document Type: Article

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