Psychiatry Research
Volume 109, Issue 3 , Pages 265-279 , 15 April 2002

The Family Questionnaire: Development and validation of a new self-report scale for assessing expressed emotion

  • Georg Wiedemann

      Affiliations

    • University of Tübingen, Department of Psychiatry and Psychotherapy, Osianderstr. 24, D-72076 Tübingen, Germany
    • Corresponding Author InformationCorresponding author. Tel.: +49-7071-298 2297; fax: +49-7071-29 4141
    • ,
  • Oliver Rayki

      Affiliations

    • University of Tübingen, Department of Psychiatry and Psychotherapy, Osianderstr. 24, D-72076 Tübingen, Germany
    • ,
  • Elias Feinstein

      Affiliations

    • Max Planck Institute of Psychiatry, Department of Psychiatry, Kraepelinstr. 2-10, D-80804 Munich, Germany
    • ,
  • Kurt Hahlweg

      Affiliations

    • Technical University of Braunschweig, Institute of Psychology, Spielmannstr. 12A, D-38106 Braunschweig, Germany

Received 14 May 2001 ,Revised 17 January 2002 ,Accepted 27 January 2002.

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Psychiatry Research
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