Joint factor analysis and approximate equipercentile linking of common trait health anxiety measures: a cross-sectional study of the 14-, 18- and 64-item health anxiety inventory, the illness attitude scale, and the 14-item Whiteley Index

Abstract Background Research on health anxiety has bloomed in recent years, but summaries of the literature are complicated by the use of dissimilar self-report questionnaires. Furthermore, these instruments have rarely been administered in parallel, and especially not in clinical samples. In this s...

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Main Authors: Erland Axelsson, Susanna Österman, Erik Hedman-Lagerlöf
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: BMC 2023-09-01
Series:BMC Psychiatry
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Online Access:https://doi.org/10.1186/s12888-023-05151-7