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Factor analysis of the Montgomery-Åsberg depression rating scale

W. Edward Craighead, Donald D. Evans

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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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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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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.

Key concepts: Rating scale, Montgomery–Åsberg Depression Rating Scale, Psychology, Depression (economics), Clinical psychology, Pessimism, Anxiety, Cognition

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