Much more than model fitting? Evidence for the heritability of method effect associated with positively worded items of the life orientation test revised

Structural Equation Modeling

Volumn 17, Issue 4, 2010, Pages 642-653

  Alessandri, Guido ^a   Vecchione, Michele ^a   Fagnani, Corrado ^b   Bentler, Peter M ^c   Barbaranelli, Claudio ^a   Medda, Emanuela ^b   Nisticò, Lorenza ^b   Stazi, Maria Antonietta ^b   Caprara, Gian Vittorio ^a  

^a SAPIENZA UNIVERSITY OF ROME   (Italy)

^b ISTITUTO SUPERIORE DI SANITÀ   (Italy)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

STATISTICAL METHODS;

A-STABLE; EFFECT FACTORS; ENVIRONMENTAL INFLUENCES; MODEL FITTING;

BIOMETRICS;

EID: 79961212590     PISSN: 10705511     EISSN: 15328007     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/10705511.2010.510064     Document Type: Article

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