Validity of the Ghent Multidimensional Somatic Complaints Scale in a clinical sample
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Validity of the Ghent Multidimensional Somatic Complaints Scale in a clinical sample.
OBJECTIVE To evaluate the validity of the Ghent Multidimensional Somatic Complaints Scale (GMSCS) in a Clinical Sample. METHOD Three hundred fifty-four non-clinical subjects and 151 clinical patients completed the GMSCS, an 18-item five-factorial scale for the assessment of somatic complaints. RESULTS The five-factorial structure was reliable and valid in the non-clinical as well as the cli...
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عنوان ژورنال: Journal of Psychosomatic Research
سال: 2010
ISSN: 0022-3999
DOI: 10.1016/j.jpsychores.2009.11.008