Does the 12-item General Health Questionnaire contain multiple factors and do we need them?

<p>Abstract</p> <p>Background</p> <p>The 12-item General Health Questionnaire (GHQ-12) is widely used as a unidimensional instrument, but factor analyses tended to suggest that it contains two or three factors. Not much is known about the usefulness of the GHQ-12 factor...

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Main Authors: Li Shu-Chuen, Fones Calvin, Thumboo Julian, Luo Nan, Gao Fei, Cheung Yin-Bun
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: BMC 2004-11-01
Series:Health and Quality of Life Outcomes
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Online Access:http://www.hqlo.com/content/2/1/63