A confirmatory factor analysis of the GHQ12 using a large Australian sample

European Journal of Psychological Assessment

Volumn 23, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 2-8

  Campbell, Alistair ^a   Knowles, Simon ^b  

^a JAMES COOK UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^b SWINBURNE UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Confirmatory factor analysis; GHQ12; Models

Indexed keywords

EID: 33846547950     PISSN: 10155759     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1027/1015-5759.23.1.2     Document Type: Article

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