Assessing cross-cultural equivalence through confirmatory factor analysis

Western Journal of Nursing Research

Volumn 27, Issue 6, 2005, Pages 755-771

  Hsueh, Kuei Hsiang ^a   Phillips, Linda R ^b,c,d   Cheng, WenYun ^e,f   Picot, Sandra J Fulton ^g  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MISSOURI ST LOUIS   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ARIZONA   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF ARIZONA   (United States)

^d Arizona Geriatric Education Center   (United States)

^e UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA   (United States)

^f NATIONAL CHENG KUNG UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

^g UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND   (United States)

Author keywords

Chinese Picot caregiver rewards scale; Confirmatory factor analysis; Cross cultural equivalence; Family caregiving

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ADULT CHILD; AGED; ARTICLE; ASIAN AMERICAN; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; CAREGIVER; CHI SQUARE DISTRIBUTION; CHILD PARENT RELATION; CHINA; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; CULTURAL ANTHROPOLOGY; ETHNOLOGY; FACTORIAL ANALYSIS; FEMALE; HONG KONG; HUMAN; LANGUAGE; LOVE; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MOTIVATION; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; PSYCHOMETRY; QUESTIONNAIRE; SEMANTICS; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR; STANDARD; TAIWAN; UNITED STATES; VALIDATION STUDY;

ADULT; ADULT CHILDREN; AGED; ASIAN AMERICANS; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; CAREGIVERS; CHI-SQUARE DISTRIBUTION; CHINA; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; CULTURAL DIVERSITY; FACTOR ANALYSIS, STATISTICAL; FEMALE; HONG KONG; HUMANS; LOVE; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MOTIVATION; PARENT-CHILD RELATIONS; PSYCHOMETRICS; QUESTIONNAIRES; SEMANTICS; SOCIAL RESPONSIBILITY; SOUTHWESTERN UNITED STATES; TAIWAN; TRANSLATING;

EID: 26244447362     PISSN: 01939459     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0193945905276585     Document Type: Article

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