Latent structure of self-reported depression in undergraduates: Using taxometric procedures and information-theoretic latent variable modeling

Personality and Individual Differences

Volumn 46, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 166-171

  Okumura, Yasuyuki ^a   Sakamoto, Shinji ^a   Tomoda, Atsuko ^b   Kijima, Nobuhiko ^c  

^a NIHON UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b SAITAMA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (Japan)

^c KEIO UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Analogue study; Continuity issue; Depression; Taxometric; Validity

Indexed keywords

EID: 56649124625     PISSN: 01918869     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.paid.2008.09.021     Document Type: Article

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