Is Aggression the Same for Boys and Girls? Assessing Measurement Invariance With Confirmatory Factor Analysis and Item Response Theory

School Psychology Quarterly

Volumn 25, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 45-61

  Kim, Sangwon ^a   Kim, Seock Ho ^b   Kamphaus, Randy W ^c  

^a FORDHAM UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF GEORGIA   (United States)

^c GEORGIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

aggression; BASC; gender; measurement invariance

Indexed keywords

EID: 77950530730     PISSN: 10453830     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1037/a0018768     Document Type: Article

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