Open AccessThe Turkish adaptation and psychometric properties of the Geriatric Anxiety Scale
Author(s) -
Faika Şanal Karahan,
Erdal Hamarta,
Ali Yavuz Karahan
Publication year - 2018
Publication title -
mental illness
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.239
H-Index - 10
eISSN - 2036-7465
pISSN - 2036-7457
DOI - 10.4081/mi.2018.7580
Subject(s) - cronbach's alpha , anxiety , turkish , convergent validity , clinical psychology , geriatric depression scale , psychology , scale (ratio) , psychiatry , beck anxiety inventory , psychometrics , medicine , beck depression inventory , internal consistency , cartography , linguistics , philosophy , depressive symptoms , geography
The newly translated Turkish version of the GAS has promising utility in an older adult Turkish sample. Future studies of this measure are warranted.
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