Can low Behavioral Activation System predict depressive mood?: An application of non-normal structural equation modeling

Japanese Psychological Research

Volumn 54, Issue 2, 2012, Pages 170-181

  Takahashi, Yusuke ^a,d   Ozaki, Koken ^b   Roberts, Brent W ^c   Ando, Juko ^a  

^a KEIO UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b INSTITUTE OF STATISTICAL MATHEMATICS   (Japan)

^c UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS AT URBANA CHAMPAIGN   (United States)

^d KYOTO UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

BAS; Correlation; Depression; Non normal SEM; Path direction

Indexed keywords

EID: 84860248532     PISSN: 00215368     EISSN: 14685884     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1468-5884.2011.00492.x     Document Type: Article

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