Short Health Anxiety Inventory: Factor structure and psychometric properties in Spanish adolescents

Journal of Health Psychology

Volumn 20, Issue 2, 2015, Pages 123-131

  Morales, Alexandra ^a   Espada, José P ^a   Carballo, José L ^a   Piqueras, José A ^a   Orgilés, Mireia ^a  

^a MIGUEL HERNÁNDEZ UNIVERSITY   (Spain)

Author keywords

Adolescence; Anxiety; Health care; Health psychology; Validation

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; ANXIETY; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; DIAGNOSIS; FACTOR ANALYSIS; FEMALE; HUMAN; LANGUAGE; MALE; PSYCHOLOGICAL RATING SCALE; PSYCHOLOGY; PSYCHOMETRY; PUBLICATION; REPRODUCIBILITY; SEX RATIO; SPAIN; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA;

ADOLESCENT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; ANXIETY; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; FACTOR ANALYSIS, STATISTICAL; FEMALE; HUMANS; LANGUAGE; MALE; PSYCHIATRIC STATUS RATING SCALES; PSYCHOMETRICS; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; SEX DISTRIBUTION; SPAIN; TRANSLATIONS;

EID: 84922374820     PISSN: 13591053     EISSN: 14617277     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/1359105313500095     Document Type: Article

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