Successful validation of the CAT-MH Scales in a sample of Latin American migrants in the United States and Spain.
We examined cultural differences in the item characteristic functions of self-reported of symptoms of depression, anxiety, and mania-hypomania in a Latino population taking Computerized Adaptive Tests for Mental Health (CAT-MH) in Spanish versus a non-Latino sample taking the tests in English. We st...
| Publicado en: | Psychological Assessment Vol. 30; no. 10; pp. 1267 - 1277 |
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American Psychological Association
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