Relationships among social anxiety measures and their invariance : A confirmatory factor analysis

European Journal of Psychological Assessment

Volumn 20, Issue 3, 2004, Pages 172-179

  Olivares, José ^a   García López, Luis Joaquín ^b   Hidalgo, María Dolores ^a   Caballo, Vicente ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MURCIA   (Spain)

^b MIGUEL HERNÁNDEZ UNIVERSITY   (Spain)

^c UNIVERSITY OF GRANADA   (Spain)

Author keywords

Adolescence; Assessment; Invariance; Social anxiety

Indexed keywords

EID: 3142778555     PISSN: 10155759     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1027/1015-5759.20.3.172     Document Type: Article

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