Positive psychosis symptom structure in the general population: Assessing dimensional consistency and continuity from “pathology” to “normality”

Psychosis

Volumn 2, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 199-209

  Murphy, Jamie ^a   Shevlin, Mark ^b   Adamson, Gary ^b   Houston, James E ^a  

^a NOTTINGHAM TRENT UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ULSTER   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Confirmatory factor analysis; Continuum; Delusions; Hallucinations; Psychosis

Indexed keywords

EID: 85009908440     PISSN: 17522439     EISSN: 17522447     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/17522430903437087     Document Type: Article

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