Evaluating differential item functioning of the CES-D scale according to caregiver status and cultural context in Korean women

Journal of the American Psychiatric Nurses Association

Volumn 15, Issue 4, 2009, Pages 240-248

  Choi, Heeseung ^a   Fogg, Louis ^a   Lee, Eunice E ^a   Wu, Michelle Choi ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS AT CHICAGO   (United States)

Author keywords

Cross cultural issues; Depression; Rating scale and scales

Indexed keywords

EID: 70349574609     PISSN: 10783903     EISSN: 15325725     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/1078390309343713     Document Type: Article

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