Factor structure of the General Health Questionnaire (GHQ-12): The role of wording effects

Personality and Individual Differences

Volumn 46, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 197-201

  Ye, Shengquan ^a  

^a CHINESE UNIVERSITY OF HONG KONG   (Hong Kong)

Author keywords

Confirmatory factor analysis (CFA); GHQ 12; Method factor; Wording effects

Indexed keywords

EID: 56649100547     PISSN: 01918869     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.paid.2008.09.027     Document Type: Article

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