Factorial Invariance of the Dyadic Adjustment Scale Across Gender

Psychological Assessment

Volumn 21, Issue 4, 2009, Pages 622-628

  South, Susan C ^a   Krueger, Robert F ^a   Iacono, William G ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA   (United States)

Author keywords

adjustment; factor; marriage; measurement invariance

Indexed keywords

ADJUSTMENT; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ANALYTICAL ERROR; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DYADIC ADJUSTMENT SCALE; FACTORIAL ANALYSIS; FAMILY ASSESSMENT; FAMILY LIFE; FAMILY RELATION; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; LIFE SATISFACTION; MALE; MARRIAGE; SEX DIFFERENCE; UNITED STATES;

ADAPTATION, PSYCHOLOGICAL; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; CHILD; COHORT STUDIES; DISEASES IN TWINS; FEMALE; GENDER IDENTITY; HUMANS; LONGITUDINAL STUDIES; MALE; MARRIAGE; MIDDLE AGED; MODELS, PSYCHOLOGICAL; PARENTS; PERSONAL SATISFACTION; PERSONALITY INVENTORY; SOCIAL ENVIRONMENT; SUBSTANCE-RELATED DISORDERS;

EID: 72549084914     PISSN: 10403590     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1037/a0017572     Document Type: Article

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