Journal of Psychosomatic Research
Volume 68, Issue 3 , Pages 223-233, March 2010

Evaluation of the structure of Brazilian State-Trait Anxiety Inventory using a Rasch psychometric approach☆☆☆

  • Márcia Balle Kaipper

      Affiliations

    • Post-Graduate Program in Medical Sciences, School of Medicine, Universidade Federal do Rio Grande do Sul (UFRGS), Brazil
    • Both are the first authors.
    • ,
  • Eduardo Chachamovich

      Affiliations

    • Post-Graduate Program in Psychiatry, School of Medicine, UFRGS, Brazil
    • Both are the first authors.
    • ,
  • Maria Paz Loayza Hidalgo

      Affiliations

    • Post-Graduate Program in Medical Sciences, School of Medicine, Universidade Federal do Rio Grande do Sul (UFRGS), Brazil
    • Department of Psychiatry, School of Medicine, UFRGS; Psychiatric Service of Hospital de Clínicas de Porto Alegre (HCPA), Brazil
    • ,
  • Iraci Lucena da Silva Torres

      Affiliations

    • Post-Graduate Program in Medical Sciences, School of Medicine, Universidade Federal do Rio Grande do Sul (UFRGS), Brazil
    • Pharmacology Department, Institute of Basic Health Science of UFRGS, Brazil
    • ,
  • Wolnei Caumo

      Affiliations

    • Post-Graduate Program in Medical Sciences, School of Medicine, Universidade Federal do Rio Grande do Sul (UFRGS), Brazil
    • Pharmacology Department, Institute of Basic Health Science of UFRGS, Brazil
    • Pain and Paliative Care Service, HCPA/UFRGS; Porto Alegre , Brazil
    • Corresponding Author InformationCorresponding author. Coronel Corte Real, 295, Bairro Petropolis, CEP: 90630-008 – Porto Alegre, RS, Brazil. Tel.: +55 51 30237448; fax: +55 51 3339733.

Received 20 August 2008; received in revised form 22 September 2009; accepted 22 September 2009. published online 10 December 2009.

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☆ Conflict of Interest: There was no financial relationship between any of the authors or any commercial interest in the outcome of this study.

☆☆ Financial support: This research was supported by the Graduate Research Group (GPPG) at Hospital de Clínicas de Porto Alegre, Brazil and the Postgraduate Program in Medical Sciences, School of Medicine, UFRGS.

PII: S0022-3999(09)00376-6

doi:10.1016/j.jpsychores.2009.09.013

Journal of Psychosomatic Research
Volume 68, Issue 3 , Pages 223-233, March 2010

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