Construction and factorial structure of a short version of the trendsetting questionnaire (TDS-K) a cross-validation using multigroup confirmatory factor analyses

European Journal of Psychological Assessment

Volumn 24, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 88-94

  Batinic, Bernad ^a   Wolff, Hans Georg ^b   Haupt, Christiane M ^c  

^a JOHANNES KEPLER UNIVERSITY LINZ   (Austria)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ERLANGEN NUREMBERG   (Germany)

^c UNIVERSITY OF GREIFSWALD   (Germany)

Author keywords

Diffusion of innovations; Individual innovation; Measurement invariance; Scale development; Trendsetter

Indexed keywords

EID: 44149110939     PISSN: 10155759     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1027/1015-5759.24.2.88     Document Type: Article

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