Psychometric properties, factorial structure, and measurement invariance of the English and French versions of the Medical Outcomes Study social support scale

Health Reports

Volumn 22, Issue 2, 2011, Pages

  Robitaille, Annie ^a   Orpana, Heather ^b   McIntosh, Cameron N ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF VICTORIA   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF OTTAWA   (Canada)

^c PUBLIC SAFETY CANADA   (Canada)

Author keywords

Aging; Data analysis; Data collection; Empirical research; Factor analysis; Geriatrics; Language; Questionnaires; Social environment; Statistical models

Indexed keywords

EID: 84857725174     PISSN: 08406529     EISSN: 12091367     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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