The loneliness questionnaire-short version: An evaluation of reverse-worded and non-reverse-worded items via item response theory

Journal of Personality Assessment

Volumn 94, Issue 4, 2012, Pages 427-437

  Ebesutani, Chad ^a   Drescher, Christopher F ^b   Reise, Steven P ^c   Heiden, Laurie ^d   Hight, Terry L ^d   Damon, John D ^d   Young, John ^b  

^a Yonsei University   (South Korea)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MISSISSIPPI   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^d CARES School   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ARTICLE; CHILD; EPIDEMIOLOGY; EVALUATION; HUMAN; LONELINESS; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; PSYCHOLOGICAL THEORY; PSYCHOMETRY; QUESTIONNAIRE; SELF EVALUATION; STANDARD; UNITED STATES;

ADOLESCENT; BIAS (EPIDEMIOLOGY); CHILD; HUMANS; LONELINESS; MISSISSIPPI; PSYCHOLOGICAL THEORY; PSYCHOMETRICS; QUESTIONNAIRES; SELF-ASSESSMENT;

EID: 84862853653     PISSN: 00223891     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/00223891.2012.662188     Document Type: Article

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