Psychometric properties of the children's depression inventory: An item response theory analysis across age in a nonclinical, longitudinal, adolescent sample

Measurement and Evaluation in Counseling and Development

Volumn 45, Issue 2, 2012, Pages 84-100

  Lee, Young Sun ^a   Krishnan, Anita ^b   Park, Yoon Soo ^a  

^a Columbia University ^*  (United States)

^b Advisory Board Company   (United States)

Author keywords

CDI; dimensionality; Rasch rating scale

Indexed keywords

EID: 84864482340     PISSN: 07481756     EISSN: 19476302     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0748175611428329     Document Type: Article

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