Psychometric attributes of the DISC predictive scales

Clinical Practice and Epidemiology in Mental Health

Volumn 6, Issue , 2010, Pages 86-93

  Cubo, Esther ^a   Velasco, Sara Sáez ^b   Benito, Vanesa Delgado ^a   Villaverde, Vanesa Ausín ^a   Gabriel, José María Trejo ^a   Galan ^a   Santidrián, Asunción Martín ^a   Vicente, Jesús Macarrón ^a   Guevara, José Cordero ^c   Louis, Elan D ^d,e   Benito León, Julián ^f  

^a HOSPITAL UNIVERSITARIO DE BURGOS   (Spain)

^b HOSPITAL UNIVERSITARIO DE BURGOS   (Spain)

^c Primary Health Care Management   (Spain)

^d Columbia University ^*  (United States)

^e University Hospital ^*  (United States)

^f HOSPITAL UNIVERSITARIO 12 DE OCTUBRE   (Spain)

Author keywords

DPS; Psychometric attributes; Screening; Validation

Indexed keywords

ACCURACY; ADOLESCENT; AGORAPHOBIA; ALCOHOLISM; ANXIETY DISORDER; ARTICLE; CHILD; CHILDREN PREDICTIVE SCALES; CONDUCT DISORDER; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; DIAGNOSTIC INTERVIEW SCHEDULE; EATING DISORDER; FEMALE; GENERALIZED ANXIETY DISORDER; HUMAN; INTERNAL CONSISTENCY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MAJOR DEPRESSION; MALE; MEASUREMENT ERROR; OBSESSIVE COMPULSIVE DISORDER; OPPOSITIONAL DEFIANT DISORDER; PANIC; PILOT STUDY; PREDICTIVE VALIDITY; PSYCHOLOGIC ASSESSMENT; PSYCHOLOGICAL RATING SCALE; PSYCHOMETRY; SCHOOL CHILD; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SOCIAL PHOBIA;

EID: 85047687482     PISSN: None     EISSN: 17450179     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2174/1745017901006010086     Document Type: Article

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