Pattern analysis of total item score and item response of the Kessler Screening Scale for Psychological Distress (K6) in a nationally representative sample of US adults
Background Several recent studies have shown that total scores on depressive symptom measures in a general population approximate an exponential pattern except for the lower end of the distribution. Furthermore, we confirmed that the exponential pattern is present for the individual item responses o...
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| Language: | English |
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PeerJ Inc.
2017-02-01
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| Online Access: | https://peerj.com/articles/2987.pdf |