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The English version of the General Health Questionnaire (GHQ) and a ... Goldberg D, Williams P (1988) A user's guide to the General Health Questionnaire. Skiptomaincontent Advertisement SearchSpringerLink Search SummaryTheEnglishversionoftheGeneralHealthQuestionnaire(GHQ)andatranslatedIndianversionwereadministeredtoasampleofhundredbilingualcollegestudents.BoththeversionsoftheGHQshowedadequateinternalconsistencyandreliability.Therewasahighconcordancebetweenthetwoversionsonhighscorersandlowscorers.TheseresultswerealsoapplicabletoGHQ-30andGHQ-42.Itemanalysisrevealedcertaindifferencesbetweenthetwoversionsattributabletosemanticandtechnicalproblems.ValidityoftheGHQintheIndiansettingarediscussed. Thisisapreviewofsubscriptioncontent,accessviayourinstitution. Accessoptions Buysinglearticle InstantaccesstothefullarticlePDF. 39,95€ PriceincludesVAT(Singapore) RentthisarticleviaDeepDyve. 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SocPsychiatryPsychiatrEpidemiol24,317–320(1989).https://doi.org/10.1007/BF01788035DownloadcitationAccepted:18May1989IssueDate:November1989DOI:https://doi.org/10.1007/BF01788035SharethisarticleAnyoneyousharethefollowinglinkwithwillbeabletoreadthiscontent:GetshareablelinkSorry,ashareablelinkisnotcurrentlyavailableforthisarticle.Copytoclipboard ProvidedbytheSpringerNatureSharedItcontent-sharinginitiative KeywordsPublicHealthInternalConsistencyCollegeStudentGeneralHealthTechnicalProblem Accessviayourinstitution Accessoptions Buysinglearticle InstantaccesstothefullarticlePDF. 39,95€ PriceincludesVAT(Singapore) RentthisarticleviaDeepDyve. LearnmoreaboutInstitutionalsubscriptions Advertisement