On the question of an identity status category order: Rasch model step and scale statistics used to identify category order

International Journal of Behavioral Development

Volumn 33, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 88-96

  Al Owidha, Amjed ^a   Green, Kathy E ^b   Kroger, Jane ^c  

^a KING FAHD UNIVERSITY OF PETROLEUM AND MINERALS   (Saudi Arabia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF DENVER   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF TROMSØ   (Norway)

Author keywords

Adolescents; Ego development; Identity status; Psychometric; Rasch; Scale

Indexed keywords

EID: 58249134833     PISSN: 01650254     EISSN: 14640651     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0165025408100110     Document Type: Article

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