The factor structure of the twelve item General Health Questionnaire (GHQ-12): the result of negative phrasing?
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The factor structure of the twelve item General Health Questionnaire (GHQ-12): the result of negative phrasing?
BACKGROUND The 12-item General Health Questionnaire (GHQ-12) is used routinely as a unidimensional measure of psychological morbidity. Many factor-analytic studies have reported that the GHQ-12 has two or three dimensions, threatening its validity. It is possible that these 'dimensions' are the result of the wording of the GHQ-12, namely its division into positively phrased (PP) and negatively ...
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عنوان ژورنال: Clinical Practice and Epidemiology in Mental Health
سال: 2008
ISSN: 1745-0179
DOI: 10.1186/1745-0179-4-10