FACTOR-ANALYSIS OF THE GENERAL HEALTH QUESTIONNAIRE

Authors
EPSTEIN RS FULLERTON CS URSANO RJ
Citation
Rs. Epstein et al., FACTOR-ANALYSIS OF THE GENERAL HEALTH QUESTIONNAIRE, Psychological reports, 75(2), 1994, pp. 979-983
Citations number
9
Categorie Soggetti
Psychology
Journal title
Psychological reports → ACNP
ISSN journal
00332941
Volume
75
Issue
2
Year of publication
1994
Pages
979 - 983
Database
ISI
SICI code
0033-2941(1994)75:2<979:FOTGHQ>2.0.ZU;2-K
Abstract
We present the factor structure of the General Health Questionnaire-60 as derived from a population of 2115 Army soldiers. An eight-factor p rincipal components analysis provided the most clinically relevant sol ution and explained 58.0% of the variance. We distinguished two types of depressive symptomatology, suggesting the questionnaire may be usef ul in differentiating shame-ridden dysphoria from anergic disinterest.