Measurement Invariance of the Gifted Rating Scales-School Form Across Five Cultural Groups

School Psychology Quarterly

Volumn 24, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 186-198

  Li, Huijun ^a   Lee, Donghyuck ^b   Pfeiffer, Steven I ^c   Kamata, Akihito ^c   Kumtepe, Alper T ^d   Rosado, Javier ^c  

^a HARVARD MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

^b Konkuk University   (South Korea)

^c FLORIDA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d ANADOLU UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

Author keywords

cross cultural; gifted identification; Gifted Rating Scales; measurement invariance

Indexed keywords

EID: 70449344593     PISSN: 10453830     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1037/a0017382     Document Type: Article

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