The PANAS Structure Revisited: On the Validity of a Bifactor Model in Community and Forensic Samples

Psychological Assessment

Volumn 23, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 215-225

  Leue, Anja ^a   Beauducel, André ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HAMBURG   (Germany)

Author keywords

Affect; Bifactor model; Criterion validity; Multiple indicator multiple cause model; Positive and Negative Affect Schedule

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AFFECT; ARTICLE; BIFACTOR MODEL; CLINICAL ASSESSMENT TOOL; COMMUNITY SAMPLE; CRITERION RELATED VALIDITY; FACTORIAL ANALYSIS; FEMALE; FORENSIC PSYCHIATRY; GERMAN; HUMAN; MALE; POSITIVE AND NEGATIVE AFFECT SCHEDULE; RACE; SEXUAL CRIME; STATISTICAL MODEL; VALIDATION STUDY;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AFFECT; AGED; FACTOR ANALYSIS, STATISTICAL; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MODELS, PSYCHOLOGICAL; MODELS, STATISTICAL; PSYCHOLOGICAL TESTS; PSYCHOMETRICS; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; SEX OFFENSES; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 79952580595     PISSN: 10403590     EISSN: 1939134X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1037/a0021400     Document Type: Article

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