A life-course and time perspective on the construct validity of psychological distress in women and men. Measurement invariance of the K6 across gender

BMC Medical Research Methodology

Volumn 10, Issue , 2010, Pages

  Drapeau, Aline ^a,b   Beaulieu Prévost, Dominic ^b,c   Marchand, Alain ^a   Boyer, Richard ^a,b   Préville, Michel ^d   Kairouz, Sylvia ^e  

^a UNIVERSITÉ DE MONTRÉAL   (Canada)

^b CENTRE DE RECHERCHE FERNAND SEGUIN   (Canada)

^c UNIVERSITÉ DU QUÉBEC À MONTRÉAL   (Canada)

^d UNIVERSITÉ DE SHERBROOKE   (Canada)

^e Gina Cody School of Engineering and Computer Science   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ARTICLE; CANADA; FACTORIAL ANALYSIS; FEMALE; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; LONGITUDINAL STUDY; MALE; MENTAL HEALTH; MENTAL STRESS; METHODOLOGY; MIDDLE AGED; PSYCHOLOGICAL RATING SCALE; PSYCHOMETRY; REPRODUCIBILITY; SEX DIFFERENCE; STANDARD; VALIDATION STUDY;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; CANADA; FACTOR ANALYSIS, STATISTICAL; FEMALE; HEALTH STATUS INDICATORS; HUMANS; LONGITUDINAL STUDIES; MALE; MENTAL HEALTH; MIDDLE AGED; PSYCHIATRIC STATUS RATING SCALES; PSYCHOMETRICS; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; SEX FACTORS; STRESS, PSYCHOLOGICAL; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 77954670807     PISSN: None     EISSN: 14712288     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1471-2288-10-68     Document Type: Article

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