Item bias analysis of the young schema-questionnaire for psychopathology, gender, and educational level

European Journal of Psychological Assessment

Volumn 27, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 65-70

  Rijkeboer, Marleen M ^a   Van Den Bergh, Huub ^b   Van Den Bout, Jan ^a  

^a UTRECHT UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

^b UTRECHT UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

DIF; Item bias analysis; Young schema questionnaire

Indexed keywords

EID: 78751493528     PISSN: 10155759     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1027/1015-5759/a000044     Document Type: Article

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