The performance of the K6 scale in a large school sample

Psychological Assessment

Volumn 27, Issue 1, 2015, Pages 228-238

  Peiper, Nicholas ^a,b   Clayton, Richard ^c   Wilson, Richard ^b   Illback, Robert ^a,d  

^a REACH Evaluation   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF LOUISVILLE   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF KENTUCKY   (United States)

^d Mental Health Ireland   (Ireland)

Author keywords

Adolescent; Epidemiology; Mental health; School

Indexed keywords

AFRICAN AMERICAN; ANTISOCIAL BEHAVIOR; ARTICLE; ASIAN AMERICAN; CANNABIS ADDICTION; CAUCASIAN; CONTROLLED STUDY; EMOTIONAL DISORDER; ETHNICITY; FEMALE; HISPANIC; HUMAN; K6 SCALE; MALE; MORBIDITY; PACIFIC ISLANDER; PREVALENCE; RACISM; RATING SCALE; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTOR; SEX DIFFERENCE; SMOKING; STUDENT ATTITUDE; SUBSTANCE ABUSE; UNITED STATES; ADOLESCENT; AFFECTIVE SYMPTOMS; ANTISOCIAL PERSONALITY DISORDER; BULLYING; CRIME VICTIM; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; KENTUCKY; MASS SCREENING; PERSONALITY ASSESSMENT; PROCEDURES; PSYCHOLOGY; PSYCHOMETRY; QUESTIONNAIRE; SCHOOL HEALTH SERVICE; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA; STUDENT; SUBSTANCE-RELATED DISORDERS;

ADOLESCENT; AFFECTIVE SYMPTOMS; ANTISOCIAL PERSONALITY DISORDER; BULLYING; CRIME VICTIMS; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; FEMALE; HUMANS; KENTUCKY; MALE; MASS SCREENING; PERSONALITY ASSESSMENT; PSYCHOMETRICS; SCHOOL HEALTH SERVICES; STUDENTS; SUBSTANCE-RELATED DISORDERS; SURVEYS AND QUESTIONNAIRES;

EID: 84925612629     PISSN: 10403590     EISSN: 1939134X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1037/pas0000025     Document Type: Article

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