The specific level of functioning scale: Construct validity, internal consistency and factor structure in a large Italian sample of people with schizophrenia living in the community

Schizophrenia Research

Volumn 159, Issue 1, 2014, Pages 144-150

  Mucci, Armida ^a   Rucci, Paola ^b   Rocca, Paola ^c   Bucci, Paola ^a   Gibertoni, Dino ^b   Merlotti, Eleonora ^a   Galderisi, Silvana ^a   Maj, Mario ^a   Chieffi, Marcello ^a   Luciano, Mario ^a   Piegari, Giuseppe ^a   Plaitano, Ernesta ^a   Sampogna, Gaia ^a   Bertolino, Alessandro ^d   Salfi, Raffaele ^b   Gheda, Luca ^e   Pinna, Federica ^f   Signorelli, Maria ^g   Acciavatti, Tiziano ^h   Faravelli, Carlo ⁱ   Pallanti, Stefano ⁱ   Altamura, Mario ^j   Calcagno, Pietro ^k   Di Emidio, Gabriella ^l   Roncone, Rita ^l   Oldani, Lucio ^m   De Bartolomeis, Andrea ⁿ   Gramaglia, Carla ^o   Tenconi, Elena ^p   Marchesi, Carlo ^q   Cargioli, Claudio ^r   Dell'Osso, Liliana ^r   Di Fabio, Fabio ^s   Girardi, Paolo ^s   Di Lorenzo, Giorgio ^t   Monteleone, Palmiero ^u   Bolognesi, Simone ^v   Montemagni, Cristiana ^c   more..

^a SECOND UNIVERSITY OF NAPLES   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BOLOGNA   (Italy)

^c UNIVERSITY OF TURIN   (Italy)

^d UNIVERSITY OF BARI   (Italy)

^e UNIVERSITY OF BRESCIA   (Italy)

^f UNIVERSITY OF CAGLIARI   (Italy)

^g UNIVERSITY OF CATANIA   (Italy)

^h UNIVERSITY OF CHIETI   (Italy)

ⁱ UNIVERSITY OF FLORENCE   (Italy)

^j UNIVERSITY OF FOGGIA   (Italy)

^k UNIVERSITY OF GENOA   (Italy)

^l UNIVERSITY OF L'AQUILA   (Italy)

^m UNIVERSITY OF MILAN   (Italy)

ⁿ UNIVERSITY OF NAPLES FEDERICO II   (Italy)

^o UNIVERSITY OF EASTERN PIEDMONT   (Italy)

^p UNIVERSITY OF PADOVA   (Italy)

^q UNIVERSITY OF PARMA   (Italy)

^r UNIVERSITY OF PISA   (Italy)

^s SAPIENZA UNIVERSITY OF ROME   (Italy)

^t UNIVERSITY OF ROME TOR VERGATA   (Italy)

^u UNIVERSITY OF SALERNO   (Italy)

^v UNIVERSITY OF SIENA   (Italy)

more..

Author keywords

Factor structure; Personal and Social Performance Scale; Real life functioning; Schizophrenia; Specific Level of Functioning Scale; Validation

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ANALYTICAL ERROR; ARTICLE; COMMUNITY LIVING; CONFIRMATORY FACTOR ANALYSIS; CONSTRUCT VALIDITY; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; FACTOR STRUCTURE; FACTORIAL ANALYSIS; FEMALE; HUMAN; INTERNAL CONSISTENCY; ITALIAN (CITIZEN); MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MULTITRAIT MULTIMETHOD MATRIX; NAMED INVENTORIES, QUESTIONNAIRES AND RATING SCALES; PERSONAL AND SOCIAL PERFORMANCE SCALE; PRINCIPAL COMPONENT ANALYSIS; PSYCHOLOGIC ASSESSMENT; ROOT MEAN SQUARE ERROR OF APPROXIMATION; SCHIZOPHRENIA; SOCIAL INTERACTION; SPECIFIC LEVEL OF FUNCTIONING SCALE; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; STATISTICAL CONCEPTS; TUCKER LEWIS INDEX; VALIDATION STUDY; DAILY LIFE ACTIVITY; DEMOGRAPHY; ITALY; MIDDLE AGED; PERSONALITY; PSYCHOLOGY; REPRODUCIBILITY; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR; STATISTICS;

ACTIVITIES OF DAILY LIVING; ADULT; FEMALE; HUMANS; ITALY; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PERSONALITY; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; RESIDENCE CHARACTERISTICS; SCHIZOPHRENIA; SCHIZOPHRENIC PSYCHOLOGY; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR; STATISTICS AS TOPIC;

EID: 84908010849     PISSN: 09209964     EISSN: 15732509     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.schres.2014.07.044     Document Type: Article

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