Factor Structure and Psychometric Properties of the Brief Symptom Inventory-18 in Women: A MACS Approach to Testing for Invariance Across Racial/Ethnic Groups

Psychological Assessment

Volumn 22, Issue 4, 2010, Pages 912-922

  Wiesner, Margit ^a   Chen, Vincent ^b   Windle, Michael ^c   Elliott, Marc N ^d   Grunbaum, Jo Anne ^e   Kanouse, David E ^d   Schuster, Mark A ^f  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HOUSTON   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS   (United States)

^c EMORY UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d RAND CORPORATION   (United States)

^e CENTERS FOR DISEASE CONTROL AND PREVENTION   (United States)

^f BOSTON CHILDREN S HOSPITAL   (United States)

Author keywords

Adults; BSI 18; Distress; Mean and covariance structures analysis; Race ethnicity

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ANXIETY; ARTICLE; BRIEF SYMPTOM INVENTORY; BRIEF SYMPTOM INVENTORY 18; CAUCASIAN; DEPRESSION; ETHNICITY; FACTORIAL ANALYSIS; FEMALE; HISPANIC; HUMAN; INTERNAL CONSISTENCY; MEAN AND COVARIANCE STRUCTURE ANALYSIS; NEGRO; PSYCHOMETRY; RACE DIFFERENCE; SOMATIZATION; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS;

ADULT; AFRICAN CONTINENTAL ANCESTRY GROUP; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ANXIETY DISORDERS; DEPRESSIVE DISORDER; EUROPEAN CONTINENTAL ANCESTRY GROUP; FEMALE; HISPANIC AMERICANS; HUMANS; MIDDLE AGED; PERSONALITY INVENTORY; PSYCHOMETRICS; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; SOMATOFORM DISORDERS; UNITED STATES;

EID: 78650123773     PISSN: 10403590     EISSN: 1939134X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1037/a0020704     Document Type: Article

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