Pattern reliability of narcotics addicts' self-reported data: A confirmatory assessment of construct validity and consistency

Substance Use and Misuse

Volumn 31, Issue 9, 1996, Pages 1189-1216

  Chou, Chih Ping ^a   Hser, Yih Ing ^b   Anglin, M Douglas ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Confirmatory factor analysis; Reliability; Validity

Indexed keywords

NARCOTIC AGENT;

ARTICLE; DATA ANALYSIS; HUMAN; NARCOTIC DEPENDENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PSYCHOMETRY; RELIABILITY; SELF REPORT; STRUCTURE ANALYSIS;

EID: 0029767962     PISSN: 10826084     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3109/10826089609063972     Document Type: Article

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