title: Personal disturbance scale: factor structure confirmed in a large nonclinical sample.
abstract: The two-component structure of anxiety and depression items of the short form Personal Disturbance Scale, reported in an earlier clinical study of 480 adult psychiatric patients, was substantially replicated in a large nonclinical sample of 758 adults.
authors.affiliation: Department of Psychological Therapies, The Old Chapel, Bootham Park, York, YO30 7BY England, UK.
authors.forename: Alan
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Bedford
authors.forename: J D
authors.initials: JD
authors.lastname: Henry
authors.forename: J R
authors.initials: JR
authors.lastname: Crawford
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D000328:Adult; D000368:Aged; D000369:Aged, 80 and over; D001007:Anxiety / Q000150:complications* / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000523:psychology; D003863:Depression / Q000150:complications* / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000523:psychology; D005163:Factor Analysis, Statistical; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D015203:Reproducibility of Results; D011795:Surveys and Questionnaires