The performance of the Edinburgh postnatal depression scale in english speaking and non-English speaking populations in Australia

Social Psychiatry and Psychiatric Epidemiology

Volumn 42, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 70-78

  Small, Rhonda ^a   Lumley, Judith ^a   Yelland, Jane ^a   Brown, Stephanie ^a  

^a LA TROBE UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Cross cultural research; Edinburgh Postnatal Depression Scale (EPDS); Postnatal depression; Psychometrics

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; AUSTRALIA; AUTOMUTILATION; CONSTRUCT VALIDITY; CONTROLLED STUDY; CRONBACH ALPHA COEFFICIENT; CULTURAL FACTOR; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; EDINBURGH POSTNATAL DEPRESSION SCALE; FACTORIAL ANALYSIS; FEMALE; HOPELESSNESS; HUMAN; INTERNAL CONSISTENCY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; PERFORMANCE; PHILIPPINES; POPULATION RESEARCH; PUERPERAL DEPRESSION; RELIABILITY; TURKEY (REPUBLIC); VIET NAM;

EID: 84947648619     PISSN: 09337954     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00127-006-0134-3     Document Type: Article

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