Longitudinal factor analysis models in the assessment of the stability of sense of coherence

Personality and Individual Differences

Volumn 28, Issue 2, 2000, Pages 239-257

  Feldt, Taru ^a   Leskinen, Esko ^a   Kinnunen, Ulla ^a   Mauno, Saija ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF JYVÄSKYLÄ   (Finland)

Author keywords

Longitudinal factor analysis; Orientation to Life Questionnaire; Sense of coherence; Stability

Indexed keywords

EID: 0034134988     PISSN: 01918869     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0191-8869(99)00094-X     Document Type: Article

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