Developing a new apathy measurement scale: Dimensional apathy scale

Psychiatry Research

Volumn 219, Issue 3, 2014, Pages 658-663

  Radakovic, Ratko ^a,b   Abrahams, Sharon ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF EDINBURGH   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF EDINBURGH   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Apathy scale; Apathy subtypes; Depression; Motivation; Motor dysfunction; Multidimensional apathy

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; APATHY; ARTICLE; BECK DEPRESSION INVENTORY; BEHAVIOR; CLINICAL ASSESSMENT TOOL; COGNITION; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEPRESSION; DIAGNOSTIC TEST ACCURACY STUDY; DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS; DIMENSIONAL APATHY SCALE; EMOTIONALITY; EXECUTIVE FUNCTION; FEMALE; HUMAN; INTERNAL CONSISTENCY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MOTOR DYSFUNCTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROCESS DEVELOPMENT; PSYCHOMETRY; QUESTIONNAIRE; RATING SCALE; SYNDROME DELINEATION; YOUNG ADULT; FACTORIAL ANALYSIS; MIDDLE AGED; MOTIVATION; PERSONALITY TEST; PSYCHOLOGICAL RATING SCALE; PSYCHOLOGY; REPRODUCIBILITY; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA;

ADULT; APATHY; DEPRESSION; DEPRESSIVE DISORDER; FACTOR ANALYSIS, STATISTICAL; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MOTIVATION; PERSONALITY INVENTORY; PSYCHIATRIC STATUS RATING SCALES; QUESTIONNAIRES; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS;

EID: 84907367974     PISSN: 01651781     EISSN: 18727123     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.psychres.2014.06.010     Document Type: Article

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