Confirmatory factor analysis of the strengths and difficulties questionnaire in a community sample of French-Speaking adolescents

European Journal of Psychological Assessment

Volumn 24, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 1-8

  D'Acremont, Mathieu ^a   Van Der Linden, Martial ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GENEVA   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Adolescence; Behavior assessment; Confirmatory factor analysis; Construct validity; Measurement invariance; Scale validation

Indexed keywords

EID: 39549100142     PISSN: 10155759     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1027/1015-5759.24.1.1     Document Type: Article

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