Dimensional structure and measurement invariance of the youth self-report across gender and age

Journal of Adolescent Health

Volumn 50, Issue 2, 2012, Pages 148-153

  Fonseca Pedrero, Eduardo ^a,b   Sierra Baigrie, Susana ^a   Lemos Girldez, Serafn ^a,b   Paino, Mercedes ^a   Muiz, José ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OVIEDO   (Spain)

^b CENTRO DE INVESTIGACIÓN BIOMÉDICA EN RED DE SALUD MENTAL CIBERSAM   (Spain)

Author keywords

Adolescents; Behavioral problems; Emotional problems; Invariance; Taxonomy; YSR

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADOLESCENT HEALTH; ADULT; AGGRESSION; ANXIETY DISORDER; ARTICLE; ATTENTION DISTURBANCE; CHILD; CHILD BEHAVIOR; DEPRESSION; FACTORIAL ANALYSIS; FEMALE; GROUPS BY AGE AND SEX; HUMAN; INTERNAL CONSISTENCY; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PSYCHOSOMATIC DISORDER; QUESTIONNAIRE; SCHOOL CHILD; SELF REPORT; SOCIAL PROBLEM; TEST RETEST RELIABILITY; THOUGHT DISORDER;

DIAGNOSTIC TECHNIQUES AND PROCEDURES; FACTOR ANALYSIS, STATISTICAL; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MODELS, THEORETICAL; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; SELF REPORT; SPAIN; SYNDROME;

EID: 84856108042     PISSN: 1054139X     EISSN: 18791972     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jadohealth.2011.05.011     Document Type: Article

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