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1Department of Psychology, University of Colorado, Boulder 80309-0345, USA.
Abstract:
A maximum likelihood factor analysis with Promax rotation was performed on the Montgomery-Asberg Depression Rating Scale for 340 adult inpatients in an Affective Disorders Program. Four factors were identified and labeled cognitive-pessimism, affective, cognitive-anxiety, and vegetative. Recommendations were offered for the research and clinical use of the factor scores.
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