A Swedish adaptation of the Emotional Contagion Scale: Factor structure and psychometric properties

Scandinavian Journal of Psychology

Volumn 47, Issue 4, 2006, Pages 263-272

  Lundqvist, Lars Olov ^a,b  

^a ÖREBRO UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

^b ÖREBRO UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Cross validation; Emotional contagion; Factor structure; Individual differences; Questionnaire

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AFFECT; ARTICLE; FACTORIAL ANALYSIS; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; PSYCHOMETRY; QUESTIONNAIRE; REPRODUCIBILITY; SWEDEN; VALIDATION STUDY;

ADULT; AFFECT; FACTOR ANALYSIS, STATISTICAL; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; PSYCHOMETRICS; QUESTIONNAIRES; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; SWEDEN;

EID: 33745899601     PISSN: 00365564     EISSN: 14679450     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1467-9450.2006.00516.x     Document Type: Article

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