Psychometric evaluation of the differentiation of self inventory for adolescents

Nursing Research

Volumn 53, Issue 3, 2004, Pages 163-171

  Knauth, Donna G ^a   Skowron, Elizabeth A ^b  

^a GEORGETOWN UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b PENNSYLVANIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Adolescents; Differentiation of self; Factor analysis; Family systems theory; Psychometric properties

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ANXIETY; ARTICLE; ETHNOLOGY; FACTORIAL ANALYSIS; FEMALE; HUMAN; LONGITUDINAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAL RESEARCH; PSYCHOMETRY; RELIABILITY; SELF REPORT; STATE TRAIT ANXIETY INVENTORY; VALIDATION PROCESS; ADOLESCENT DEVELOPMENT; CHILD PSYCHOLOGY; CHRONIC DISEASE; DEPENDENT PERSONALITY DISORDER; EMOTION; HUMAN RELATION; MENTAL FUNCTION; PERSONALITY TEST; PREDICTION AND FORECASTING; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; PSYCHOLOGICAL THEORY; PSYCHOTHERAPY; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; SELF CONCEPT; SOCIOECONOMICS; STANDARD; TREATMENT OUTCOME; UNITED STATES; VALIDATION STUDY;

ADOLESCENT; ADOLESCENT DEVELOPMENT; ADOLESCENT PSYCHOLOGY; ANXIETY; CHRONIC DISEASE; DEPENDENCY (PSYCHOLOGY); EMOTIONS; FACTOR ANALYSIS, STATISTICAL; FEMALE; HUMANS; INTERPERSONAL RELATIONS; MALE; MENTAL PROCESSES; MID-ATLANTIC REGION; PERSONALITY INVENTORY; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; PSYCHOLOGICAL THEORY; PSYCHOMETRICS; PSYCHOTHERAPY; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; SELF CONCEPT; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 3042762885     PISSN: 00296562     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00006199-200405000-00003     Document Type: Article

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