Measuring Change in Depression-Related Interpretation Bias: Development and Validation of a Parallel Ambiguous Scenarios Test

Cognitive Behaviour Therapy

Volumn 43, Issue 3, 2014, Pages 239-250

  Rohrbacher, Heike ^a   Reinecke, Andrea ^b  

^a CHEMNITZ UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

confirmatory factor analysis; depressed mood; emotional appraisal; interpretation bias; validation

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AFFECT; DEPRESSION; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PSYCHOLOGICAL MODEL; PSYCHOLOGY; PSYCHOMETRY; QUESTIONNAIRE; REPRODUCIBILITY; VALIDATION STUDY; YOUNG ADULT;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AFFECT; DEPRESSION; DEPRESSIVE DISORDER; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MODELS, PSYCHOLOGICAL; PSYCHOMETRICS; QUESTIONNAIRES; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84903735630     PISSN: 16506073     EISSN: 16512316     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/16506073.2014.919605     Document Type: Article

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