The challenges of fitting an item response theory model to the Social Anhedonia Scale

Journal of Personality Assessment

Volumn 93, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 213-224

  Reise, Steven P ^a   Horan, William P ^a,b   Blanchard, Jack J ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b VA GREATER LOS ANGELES HEALTHCARE SYSTEM   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ARTICLE; FACTORIAL ANALYSIS; FEMALE; HUMAN; LONGITUDINAL STUDY; MALE; PERSONALITY TEST; PSYCHOLOGICAL MODEL; PSYCHOLOGY; PSYCHOMETRY; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR; UNITED STATES; UNIVERSITY;

ADOLESCENT; FACTOR ANALYSIS, STATISTICAL; FEMALE; HUMANS; LONGITUDINAL STUDIES; MALE; MARYLAND; MODELS, PSYCHOLOGICAL; PERSONALITY TESTS; PSYCHOMETRICS; SCHIZOPHRENIC PSYCHOLOGY; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR; UNIVERSITIES;

EID: 79957582503     PISSN: 00223891     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/00223891.2011.558868     Document Type: Article

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