The psychometric properties of the Generalized Anxiety Disorder-7 scale in Hispanic Americans with English or Spanish language preference

Cultural Diversity and Ethnic Minority Psychology

Volumn 20, Issue 3, 2014, Pages 463-468

  Mills, Sarah D ^a,b   Fox, Rina S ^a,b   Malcarne, Vanessa L ^a   Roesch, Scott C ^a   Champagne, Brian R ^b   Sadler, Georgia Robins ^b  

^a SAN DIEGO STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

GAD 7; Generalized anxiety disorder; Hispanic Americans; Multiple group confirmatory factor analysis

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CONVERGENT VALIDITY; CRONBACH ALPHA COEFFICIENT; DAILY LIFE ACTIVITY; FEMALE; GENERALIZED ANXIETY DISORDER 7 SCALE; HEALTH; HISPANIC; HUMAN; INTERNAL CONSISTENCY; LANGUAGE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PATIENT HEALTH QUESTIONNAIRE 9; PERCEIVED STRESS SCALE; PSYCHOLOGIC TEST; PSYCHOMETRY; WORK CAPACITY; WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION QUALITY OF LIFE BREF; ANXIETY DISORDERS; FACTORIAL ANALYSIS; MIDDLE AGED; PSYCHOLOGY; QUESTIONNAIRE; REPRODUCIBILITY; STANDARDS; TRANSLATING (LANGUAGE);

ADULT; ANXIETY DISORDERS; FACTOR ANALYSIS, STATISTICAL; FEMALE; HISPANIC AMERICANS; HUMANS; LANGUAGE; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PSYCHOMETRICS; QUESTIONNAIRES; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; TRANSLATING;

EID: 84904671261     PISSN: 10999809     EISSN: 19390106     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1037/a0036523     Document Type: Article

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