The Chinese version of the social problem-solving inventory: Some initial results on reliability and validity

Journal of Clinical Psychology

Volumn 61, Issue 3, 2005, Pages 347-360

  Siu, Andrew M H ^a   Shek, Daniel T L ^b  

^a HONG KONG POLYTECHNIC UNIVERSITY   (Hong Kong)

^b CHINESE UNIVERSITY OF HONG KONG   (Hong Kong)

Author keywords

Chinese; Measurement; Social problem solving; Validation

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; AVOIDANCE BEHAVIOR; BECK DEPRESSION INVENTORY; CHINESE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORRELATION COEFFICIENT; CULTURAL FACTOR; DEPRESSION; DISCRIMINANT ANALYSIS; FACTORIAL ANALYSIS; FEMALE; HONG KONG; HUMAN; IMPULSIVENESS; LANGUAGE; MALE; NORMAL HUMAN; PROBLEM SOLVING; PSYCHOMETRY; RELIABILITY; REVIEW; SCHOOL CHILD; SKILL; SOCIAL PROBLEM; SOCIAL PROBLEM SOLVING INVENTORY; VALIDATION PROCESS;

ADOLESCENT; CHILD; CHINA; DEPRESSION; FEMALE; HUMANS; LANGUAGE; MALE; PROBLEM SOLVING; PSYCHOLOGICAL TESTS; QUESTIONNAIRES; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR;

EID: 15244359855     PISSN: 00219762     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/jclp.20023     Document Type: Review

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