Measuring dyadic coping: The factorial structure of bodenmann's "dyadic coping questionnaire" in an Italian sample

TPM - Testing, Psychometrics, Methodology in Applied Psychology

Volumn 16, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 25-47

  Donato, Silvia ^a   Iafrate, Raffaella ^a   Barni, Daniela ^a   Bertoni, Anna ^a   Bodenmann, Guy ^a   Gagliardi, Simona ^b  

^a UNIVERSITÀ CATTOLICA DEL SACRO CUORE   (Italy)

^b University of Zurig   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Confirmatory factor analysis; Dyadic coping; Dyadic coping questionnaire; Italian couples; Scale factorial structure

Indexed keywords

EID: 84856058780     PISSN: 19726325     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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