Measurement invariance of the abridged Sense of Coherence Scale in adolescents

European Journal of Psychological Assessment

Volumn 22, Issue 4, 2006, Pages 280-287

  Zimprich, Daniel ^a   Allemand, Mathias ^a   Hornung, Rainer ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ZURICH   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Adolescence; Age differences; Factorial structure; Measurement invariance; Sense of coherence

Indexed keywords

EID: 33750973626     PISSN: 10155759     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1027/1015-5759.22.4.280     Document Type: Article

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