Measurement invariance and latent mean differences of the beck depression inventory ii across gender groups

Journal of Psychoeducational Assessment

Volumn 28, Issue 6, 2010, Pages 551-563

  Wu, Pei Chen ^a  

^a NATIONAL PINGTUNG UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

BDI II C; depression; gender difference; latent mean difference; measurement invariance

Indexed keywords

EID: 78349259782     PISSN: 07342829     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0734282909360772     Document Type: Article

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