A confirmatory factor analytic validation of the Tinnitus Handicap Inventory

Journal of Psychosomatic Research

Volumn 78, Issue 3, 2015, Pages 277-284

  Kleinstäuber, Maria ^a   Frank, Ina ^b   Weise, Cornelia ^a,c  

^a PHILIPPS UNIVERSITY MARBURG   (Germany)

^b JOHANNES GUTENBERG UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

^c LINKÖPING UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Confirmatory factor analysis; Self report measure; Tinnitus; Tinnitus distress; Tinnitus handicap inventory; Validation

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ANALYTICAL RESEARCH; ANXIETY; ARTICLE; CONSTRUCT VALIDITY; DEPRESSION; DISEASE ASSESSMENT; DISTRESS SYNDROME; FACTORIAL ANALYSIS; FEMALE; HUMAN; INTERNAL CONSISTENCY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PSYCHOMETRY; RELIABILITY; SELF REPORT; SLEEP; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE; TINNITUS; TINNITUS HANDICAP INVENTORY; VALIDATION STUDY; AGED; MIDDLE AGED; PERSONALITY; PERSONALITY TEST; PSYCHOLOGY; QUESTIONNAIRE; REPRODUCIBILITY; STANDARDS;

ADULT; AGED; ANXIETY; DEPRESSION; FACTOR ANALYSIS, STATISTICAL; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PERSONALITY; PERSONALITY INVENTORY; PSYCHOMETRICS; QUESTIONNAIRES; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; TINNITUS;

EID: 84922940322     PISSN: 00223999     EISSN: 18791360     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jpsychores.2014.12.001     Document Type: Article

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