Cross-ethnic measurement invariance of the Brief Symptom Inventory for individuals with severe and persistent mental illness

Social Work Research

Volumn 32, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 71-78

  Hoe, Maanse ^a   Brekke, John S ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Brief Symptom Inventory; Confirmatory factor analysis; Ethnic disparities; Measurement invariance; Severe and persistent mental illness

Indexed keywords

EID: 48249131662     PISSN: 10705309     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/swr/32.2.71     Document Type: Article

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