Evaluation of the Norwegian version of the Adolescent Stress Questionnaire (ASQ-N): Factorial validity across samples

Scandinavian Journal of Psychology

Volumn 52, Issue 6, 2011, Pages 601-608

  Moksnes, Unni K ^a,b   Espnes, Geir A ^b  

^a Department of Food Science   (Norway)

^b NORWEGIAN UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (Norway)

Author keywords

Adolescence; Confirmatory factor analysis; Measurement; Stress

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ANXIETY; ARTICLE; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; DEPRESSION; EVALUATION; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; MENTAL STRESS; NORWAY; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; QUESTIONNAIRE; REPRODUCIBILITY; SELF CONCEPT; SEX DIFFERENCE;

ADOLESCENT; ANXIETY; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; DEPRESSION; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; NORWAY; QUESTIONNAIRES; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; SELF CONCEPT; SEX FACTORS; STRESS, PSYCHOLOGICAL;

EID: 81955161120     PISSN: 00365564     EISSN: 14679450     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1467-9450.2011.00907.x     Document Type: Article

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