A multicultural assessment of adolescent connectedness: Testing measurement invariance across gender and ethnicity

Journal of Counseling Psychology

Volumn 57, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 274-289

  Karcher, M J ^a   Sass, Daniel ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT SAN ANTONIO   (United States)

Author keywords

Adolescence; Cross cultural; Factor analysis; Invariance; School connectedness

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; AFRICAN AMERICAN; AGE; ARTICLE; CAUCASIAN; CHILD; CULTURAL FACTOR; DEMOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HISPANIC; HUMAN; HUMAN RELATION; MALE; PERSONALITY TEST; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; PSYCHOLOGICAL MODEL; PSYCHOMETRY; REPRODUCIBILITY; SELF CONCEPT; SEX DIFFERENCE; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR; SOCIAL ENVIRONMENT; STATISTICS;

ADOLESCENT; AFRICAN AMERICANS; AGE FACTORS; CHILD; CROSS-CULTURAL COMPARISON; EUROPEAN CONTINENTAL ANCESTRY GROUP; FEMALE; HISPANIC AMERICANS; HUMANS; INTERPERSONAL RELATIONS; MALE; MODELS, PSYCHOLOGICAL; PERSONALITY INVENTORY; PSYCHOMETRICS; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; RESIDENCE CHARACTERISTICS; SELF CONCEPT; SEX FACTORS; SOCIAL ENVIRONMENT; SOCIAL IDENTIFICATION;

EID: 77955066016     PISSN: 00220167     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1037/a0019357     Document Type: Article

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