Factorial validity and invariance testing of the exercise dependence scale-revised in Swedish and Portuguese exercisers

Measurement in Physical Education and Exercise Science

Volumn 13, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 166-179

  Lindwall, Magnus ^a,b   Palmeira, Antonio ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GOTHENBURG   (Sweden)

^b HALMSTAD UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

^c UNIVERSIDADE LUSÓFONA DE HUMANIDADES E TECNOLOGIAS   (Portugal)

Author keywords

Exercise dependence; Factorial invariance; Factorial validity

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; EXERCISE; EXERCISE DEPENDENCE; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; MALE; PORTUGAL; PREVALENCE; SEX DIFFERENCE; SWEDEN;

EID: 68649092801     PISSN: 1091367X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/10913670903050313     Document Type: Article

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