The Hospital Anxiety and Depression scale: Factor structure and psychometric properties in older adolescents and young adults with autism spectrum disorder

Autism Research

Volumn 11, Issue 2, 2018, Pages 258-269

  Uljarević, Mirko ^a,b   Richdale, Amanda L ^a,b   McConachie, Helen ^c   Hedley, Darren ^a   Cai, Ru Ying ^a,b   Merrick, Hannah ^c   Parr, Jeremy R ^c   Le Couteur, Ann ^c,d  

^a LA TROBE UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^b Long Pocket Brisbane   (Australia)

^c NEWCASTLE UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^d TYNE AND WEAR NHS FOUNDATION TRUST   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

anxiety; autism; autism spectrum disorder; depression; Hospital Anxiety and Depression scale

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ANXIETY DISORDER; ARTICLE; AUTISM; CONVERGENT VALIDITY; DEPRESSION; DIVERGENT VALIDITY; FEMALE; HOSPITAL ANXIETY AND DEPRESSION SCALE; HUMAN; INTERNAL CONSISTENCY; LONGITUDINAL STUDY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MENTAL HEALTH; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PSYCHOLOGICAL WELL-BEING; PSYCHOMETRY; VALIDATION STUDY; VALIDITY; YOUNG ADULT; ATTENTION DEFICIT DISORDER; AUSTRALIA; COMORBIDITY; PRINCIPAL COMPONENT ANALYSIS; PSYCHOLOGY; QUESTIONNAIRE; UNITED KINGDOM;

ADOLESCENT; ANXIETY DISORDERS; ATTENTION DEFICIT DISORDER WITH HYPERACTIVITY; AUSTRALIA; AUTISM SPECTRUM DISORDER; COMORBIDITY; DEPRESSIVE DISORDER; FEMALE; HUMANS; LONGITUDINAL STUDIES; MALE; PRINCIPAL COMPONENT ANALYSIS; PSYCHOMETRICS; SURVEYS AND QUESTIONNAIRES; UNITED KINGDOM; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 85034448890     PISSN: 19393792     EISSN: 19393806     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/aur.1872     Document Type: Article

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