Construct validity of symptom checklist-90-revised (SCL-90-R) and general health questionnaire-28 (GHQ-28) in patients with drug addiction and diabetes, and normal population

• Main Authors: Ardakani, A., Seghatoleslam, T., Habil, H., Jameei, F., Rashid, R., Zahirodin, A., Motlaq, F., Masjidi Arani, A.
• Format: Article
• Language: English
• Published: Tehran University of Medical Sciences 2016
• Subjects: R Medicine
• Online Access: http://eprints.um.edu.my/18333/1/6575-20218-1-PB.pdf; http://eprints.um.edu.my/18333/; http://ijph.tums.ac.ir/index.php/ijph/article/view/6575
• Institution: Universiti Malaya

Background: Given that validity is the baseline of psychological assessments, there is a need to provide evidence-based data for construct validity of such scales to advance the clinicians for evaluating psychiatric morbidity in psychiatric and psychosomatic setting. Methods: This comparative cross-...