Confirmatory factor analysis and reliability of the mental health inventory for australian adolescents

Psychological Reports

Volumn 87, Issue 2, 2000, Pages 431-440

  Heubeck, Bernd G ^a   Neill, James T ^b  

^a AUSTRALIAN NATIONAL UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^b NONE

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; AFFECT; ARTICLE; AUSTRALIA; CHILD PSYCHOLOGY; FACTORIAL ANALYSIS; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; MENTAL HEALTH; QUESTIONNAIRE; REPRODUCIBILITY; SEX DIFFERENCE;

ADOLESCENT; ADOLESCENT PSYCHOLOGY; AFFECT; AUSTRALIA; FACTOR ANALYSIS, STATISTICAL; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MENTAL HEALTH; QUESTIONNAIRES; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; SEX FACTORS;

EID: 0034296889     PISSN: 00332941     EISSN: 1558691X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2466/pr0.2000.87.2.431     Document Type: Article

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