Confirming the three-factor structure of the quality of relationships inventory within couples

Psychological Assessment

Volumn 18, Issue 1, 2006, Pages 15-21

  Verhofstadt, Lesley L ^a   Buysse, Ann ^a   Rosseel, Yves ^a   Peene, Olivier J ^a  

^a GHENT UNIVERSITY   (Belgium)

Author keywords

Confirmatory factor analysis; Couples; Quality of Relationships Inventory; Support

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN RELATION; MALE; MEDICAL RESEARCH; SAMPLE; SATISFACTION; SEX DIFFERENTIATION; ADOLESCENT; AGED; FACTORIAL ANALYSIS; FAMILY SIZE; MIDDLE AGED; QUESTIONNAIRE;

ADOLESCENT; AGED; FACTOR ANALYSIS, STATISTICAL; FAMILY CHARACTERISTICS; FEMALE; HUMANS; INTERPERSONAL RELATIONS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; QUESTIONNAIRES;

EID: 33744520725     PISSN: 10403590     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1037/1040-3590.18.1.15     Document Type: Article

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