Self-esteem and method effects associated with negatively worded items: Investigating factorial invariance by sex

Structural Equation Modeling

Volumn 16, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 134-146

  DiStefano, Christine ^a   Motl, Robert W ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH CAROLINA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS AT URBANA CHAMPAIGN   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CORRELATED METHODS; COVARIANCE STRUCTURE ANALYSIS; FACTORIAL INVARIANCE; MODEL METHOD; MULTI-GROUP; SEX DIFFERENCE;

STATISTICAL METHODS;

INVARIANCE;

EID: 61549117476     PISSN: 10705511     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/10705510802565403     Document Type: Article

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