Application of structural equation models to quality of life

Structural Equation Modeling

Volumn 12, Issue 3, 2005, Pages 435-453

  Lee, Sik Yum ^a   Song, Xin Yuan ^a   Skevington, Suzanne ^b   Hao, Yuan Tao ^c  

^a CHINESE UNIVERSITY OF HONG KONG   (Hong Kong)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BATH   (United Kingdom)

^c SUN YAT SEN UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BAYESIAN INFORMATION CRITERION; CATEGORICAL VARIABLES; CONFIRMATORY FACTOR ANALYSES (CFA); EXPLORATORY FACTOR ANALYSIS (EFA); LATENT VARIABLE MODELS; MAXIMUM LIKELIHOOD APPROACHES; STRUCTURAL EQUATION MODELING; STRUCTURAL EQUATION MODELS;

FACTOR ANALYSIS; NORMAL DISTRIBUTION;

MAXIMUM LIKELIHOOD ESTIMATION;

EID: 24944544932     PISSN: 10705511     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1207/s15328007sem1203_5     Document Type: Review

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