Assessing the multigroup ethnic identity measure for measurement equivalence across racial and ethnic groups

Educational and Psychological Measurement

Volumn 67, Issue 5, 2007, Pages 877-888

  Avery, Derek R ^a   Tonidandel, Scott ^b   Thomas, Kecia M ^c   Johnson, C Douglas ^d   MacK, Dan A ^e  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HOUSTON   (United States)

^b DAVIDSON COLLEGE   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF GEORGIA   (United States)

^d Georgia Gwinnett College   (Georgia)

^e UNIVERSITY OF TENNESSEE AT CHATTANOOGA   (United States)

Author keywords

Ethnic identity; Measurement equivalence; Other group orientation; Race

Indexed keywords

EID: 34548446305     PISSN: 00131644     EISSN: 15523888     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0013164406299105     Document Type: Article

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