Factorial invariance of a pan-hispanic familism scale

Hispanic Journal of Behavioral Sciences

Volumn 27, Issue 4, 2005, Pages 409-425

  Villarreal, Ricardo ^a   Blozis, Shelley A ^b   Widaman, Keith F ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN RIVER FALLS   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Core cultural values; Ethnicity; Factorial invariance; Familism; Hispanic culture

Indexed keywords

EID: 27744452891     PISSN: 07399863     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0739986305281125     Document Type: Article

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