Yale Global Tic Severity Scale (YGTSS): Psychometric Quality of the Gold Standard for Tic Assessment Based on the Large-Scale EMTICS Study

Yale Global Tic Severity Scale (YGTSS): Psychometric Quality of the Gold Standard for Tic Assessment Based on the Large-Scale EMTICS Study

The Yale Global Tic Severity Scale (YGTSS) is a clinician-rated instrument considered as the gold standard for assessing tics in patients with Tourette's Syndrome and other tic disorders. Previous psychometric investigations of the YGTSS exhibit different limitations such as small sample sizes...

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Main Authors: Martina Haas, Ewgeni Jakubovski, Carolin Fremer, Andrea Dietrich, Pieter J. Hoekstra, Burkard Jäger, Kirsten R. Müller-Vahl, The EMTICS Collaborative Group, Alan Apter, Valentina Baglioni, Juliane Ball, Noa Benaroya-Milshtein, Benjamin Bodmer, Emese Bognar, Bianka Burger, Judith Buse, Francesco Cardona, Marta Correa Vela, Nanette M. Debes, Maria Cristina Ferro, Blanca Garcia-Delgar, Mariangela Gulisano, Annelieke Hagen, Julie Hagstrøm, Tammy J. Hedderly, Isobel Heyman, Chaim Huyser, Marcos Madruga-Garrido, Anna Marotta, Davide Martino, Pablo Mir, Astrid Morer, Norbert Müller, Alexander Münchau, Peter Nagy, Valeria Neri, Thaïra J.C. Openneer, Alessandra Pellico, Ángela Periañez Vasco, Kerstin J. Plessen, Cesare Porcelli, Marina Redondo, Renata Rizzo, Veit Roessner, Daphna Ruhrman, Jaana M.L. Schnell, Anette Schrag, Paola Rosaria Silvestri, Liselotte Skov, Tamar Steinberg, Friederike Tagwerker Gloor, Zsanett Tarnok, Jennifer Tübing, Victoria L. Turner, Susanne Walitza, Elif Weidinger
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Frontiers Media S.A. 2021-02-01
Series:Frontiers in Psychiatry
Subjects:
Tourette's syndrome (TS)
YGTSS = Yale Global Tic Severity Scale
psychometric properties
internal consistency
confirmatory factor analysis
Online Access:https://www.frontiersin.org/articles/10.3389/fpsyt.2021.626459/full

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