Gender effect according to item directionality on the perceived stress scale for adults with multiple sclerosis

Rehabilitation Counseling Bulletin

Volumn 55, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 20-28

  Gitchel, W Dent ^a   Roessler, Richard T ^b   Turner, Ronna C ^b  

^a WEST VIRGINIA UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ARKANSAS   (United States)

Author keywords

differential item functioning; gender; negatively worded items; Perceived Stress Scale; polytomous items

Indexed keywords

EID: 80052857826     PISSN: 00343552     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0034355211404567     Document Type: Review

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