Differential Item Functioning for Lesbians, Bisexual, and Heterosexual Women in the Center for Epidemiological Studies Depression Scale

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Volumn 19, Issue 4, 2012, Pages 502-505

  Birnholz, Justin L ^a   Young, Michael A ^a  

^a ILLINOIS INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

Author keywords

bisexuality; depression; differential item functioning; lesbian; sexual orientation; women

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BISEXUALITY; COMPARATIVE STUDY; DEPRESSION; EPIDEMIOLOGY; FEMALE; HETEROSEXUALITY; HUMAN; LESBIAN; MIDDLE AGED; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; PSYCHOMETRY; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; REPRODUCIBILITY; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; UNITED STATES; VALIDATION STUDY;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; BIAS (EPIDEMIOLOGY); BISEXUALITY; DEPRESSIVE DISORDER; FEMALE; HETEROSEXUALITY; HOMOSEXUALITY, FEMALE; HUMANS; MATCHED-PAIR ANALYSIS; MIDDLE AGED; PSYCHOMETRICS; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; UNITED STATES;

EID: 84868663206     PISSN: 10731911     EISSN: 15523489     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/1073191112440032     Document Type: Article

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