A comparison of Rasch item-fit and Cronbach's alpha item reduction analysis for the development of a Quality of Life scale for children and adolescents

Child: Care, Health and Development

Volumn 36, Issue 4, 2010, Pages 473-484

  Erhart, M ^a   Hagquist, C ^b   Auquier, P ^c   Rajmil, L ^d   Power, M ^e   Ravens Sieberer, U ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER HAMBURG EPPENDORF   (Germany)

^b KARLSTAD UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

^c University of Marseille   (France)

^d Catalan Agency for Health Technology Assessment and Research   (Spain)

^e UNIVERSITY OF EDINBURGH   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Children and adolescents; Classical test theory; Instrument development; Physical well being; Rasch analysis

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ARTICLE; CHILD; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CULTURAL FACTOR; EUROPE; FACTORIAL ANALYSIS; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; METHODOLOGY; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; PSYCHOMETRY; QUALITY OF LIFE; QUESTIONNAIRE; REPRODUCIBILITY; SOCIOECONOMICS;

ADOLESCENT; CHILD; CROSS-CULTURAL COMPARISON; EUROPE; FACTOR ANALYSIS, STATISTICAL; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; PSYCHOMETRICS; QUALITY OF LIFE; QUESTIONNAIRES; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS;

EID: 77954746015     PISSN: 03051862     EISSN: 13652214     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2214.2009.00998.x     Document Type: Article

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