Adolescent stress: Evaluation of the factor structure of the Adolescent Stress Questionnaire (ASQ-N)

Scandinavian Journal of Psychology

Volumn 51, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 203-209

  Moksnes, Unni Karin ^a   Byrne, Don G ^b   Mazanov, Jason ^c   Espnes, Geir Arild ^a  

^a NORWEGIAN UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (Norway)

^b AUSTRALIAN NATIONAL UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^c UNIVERSITY OF NEW SOUTH WALES   (Australia)

Author keywords

Adolescents; Psychological patterns; Psychometrics; Stress assessment; Stress measurement

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ANXIETY; ARTICLE; DEPRESSION; EVALUATION; FACTORIAL ANALYSIS; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; MENTAL STRESS; PRINCIPAL COMPONENT ANALYSIS; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; QUESTIONNAIRE; SELF CONCEPT; SEX DIFFERENCE; EVALUATION STUDY; PSYCHOLOGY;

ADOLESCENT; ANXIETY; DEPRESSION; FACTOR ANALYSIS, STATISTICAL; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; PRINCIPAL COMPONENT ANALYSIS; QUESTIONNAIRES; SELF CONCEPT; SEX FACTORS; STRESS, PSYCHOLOGICAL;

EID: 77954023491     PISSN: 00365564     EISSN: 14679450     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1467-9450.2009.00803.x     Document Type: Article

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