The stability of structure of a psychiatric scale: A statistical point of view

International Journal of Methods in Psychiatric Research

Volumn 6, Issue 1, 1996, Pages 39-47

  Falissard, Bruno ^a  

^a PITIÉ SALPÊTRIÈRE HOSPITAL   (France)

Author keywords

Common principal components; Confirmatory factor analysis; Scales; Stability of structure; Validity

Indexed keywords

EID: 0008279255     PISSN: 10498931     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/(SICI)1234-988X(199604)6:1<39::AID-MPR150>3.3.CO;2-E     Document Type: Article

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