Gender Differences in the Coopersmith Self-Esteem Inventory: The Incidence of Differential Item Functioning

Journal of Individual Differences

Volumn 29, Issue 4, 2008, Pages 217-222

  Ponsoda, Vicente ^a   Abad, Francisco J ^a   Francis, Leslie J ^b   Hills, Peter R ^c  

^a UNIVERSIDAD AUTÓNOMA DE MADRID   (Spain)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WARWICK   (United Kingdom)

^c Welsh National Centre for Religious Education   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Coopersmith Self Esteem Inventory; differential item functioning; gender differences; logistic regression; Mantel Haenszel procedure; self esteem; SIBTEST

Indexed keywords

EID: 56349102748     PISSN: 16140001     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1027/1614-0001.29.4.217     Document Type: Article

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