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Retraction Note: Psychometric properties of a short version of the Job Anxiety Scale

BMC Medical Research Methodology volume 20, Article number: 285 (2020) Cite this article

The Original Article was published on 21 April 2020

Retraction to: BMC Med Res Methodol 20, 87 (2020)

https://doi.org/10.1186/s12874-020-00974-4

The authors are retracting this article [1] because the Job Anxiety Scale has been modified without permission from the copyright holder.

All authors but one agree with this retraction. Markus Bassler has not responded to any correspondence from the editor about this retraction.

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  1. Schmalbach B, Kalkbrenner A, Bassler M, et al. Psychometric properties of a short version of the Job Anxiety Scale. BMC Med Res Methodol. 2020;20:87. https://doi.org/10.1186/s12874-020-00974-4.

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  1. Department of Psychosomatic Medicine and Psychotherapy, University Medical Center of the Johannes Gutenberg University Mainz, Untere Zahlbacher Str. 8, 55131, Mainz, Germany

    Bjarne Schmalbach

  2. Technische Universität Dresden, University Hospital Carl Gustav Carus, Clinic of Psychotherapy and Psychosomatic Medicine, Fetscherstraße 74, 01307, Dresden, Germany

    Andreas Kalkbrenner & Katja Petrowski

  3. Hochschule Nordhausen, University of Applied Sciences, Weinberghof 4, 99734, Nordhausen, Germany

    Markus Bassler

  4. Department of Medical Psychology and Medical Sociology, University of Leipzig, Philipp-Rosenthal-Str. 55, 04103, Leipzig, Germany

    Andreas Hinz

  5. University Medical Center of the Johannes Gutenberg University Mainz, Medical Psychology and Medical Sociology, Duesbergweg 6, 55131, Mainz, Germany

    Katja Petrowski

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Schmalbach, B., Kalkbrenner, A., Bassler, M. et al. Retraction Note: Psychometric properties of a short version of the Job Anxiety Scale. BMC Med Res Methodol 20, 285 (2020). https://doi.org/10.1186/s12874-020-01166-w

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