The chinese family assessment instrument (C-FAI): Hierarchical confirmatory factor analyses and factorial invariance

Research on Social Work Practice

Volumn 20, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 112-123

  Shek, Daniel T L ^a   Ma, Cecilia M S ^a  

^a HONG KONG POLYTECHNIC UNIVERSITY   (Hong Kong)

Author keywords

Chinese adolescents; Confirmatory factor analysis; Factorial invariance; Family functioning; Hierarchical factor analysis

Indexed keywords

EID: 72149123651     PISSN: 10497315     EISSN: 15527581     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/1049731509355145     Document Type: Article

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