An examination of the 3-factor model and structural invariance across racial/ethnic groups for the FACIT-Sp: A report from the American Cancer Society's Study of Cancer Survivors-II (SCS-II)

Psycho-Oncology

Volumn 19, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 264-272

  Murphy, Patricia E ^a   Canada, Andrea L ^a   Fitchett, George ^a   Stein, Kevin ^b   Portier, Kenneth ^b   Crammer, Corinne ^b   Peterman, Amy H ^c  

^a RUSH UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b AMERICAN CANCER SOCIETY   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA AT CHARLOTTE   (United States)

Author keywords

Cancer survivors; Psychometrics; Race ethnicity; Religion spirituality

Indexed keywords

ADJUSTMENT; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; CANCER SURVIVOR; COPING BEHAVIOR; DEMOGRAPHY; ETHNIC GROUP; FEMALE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PSYCHOMETRY; RACE; RELIGION; THEORETICAL MODEL; WELLBEING;

AFRICAN AMERICANS; CHI-SQUARE DISTRIBUTION; CONTINENTAL POPULATION GROUPS; ETHNIC GROUPS; EUROPEAN CONTINENTAL ANCESTRY GROUP; FEMALE; HISPANIC AMERICANS; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MODELS, STATISTICAL; NEOPLASMS; PSYCHOLOGICAL TESTS; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; RELIGION; SPIRITUALITY; SURVIVORS;

EID: 77649211754     PISSN: 10579249     EISSN: 10991611     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/pon.1559     Document Type: Article

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