The factorial invariance across gender of three well-supported models: Further evidence for a five-factor model of posttraumatic stress disorder

Journal of Nervous and Mental Disease

Volumn 201, Issue 2, 2013, Pages 145-152

  Wang, Mengcheng ^a   Armour, Cherie ^b   Li, Xiaomin ^c   Dai, Xiaoyang ^d   Zhu, Xiongzhao ^a   Yao, Shuqiao ^a  

^a CENTRAL SOUTH UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN DENMARK   (Denmark)

^c THE EDUCATION UNIVERSITY OF HONG KONG   (Hong Kong)

^d SHENZHEN UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

confirmatory factor analysis; earthquake survivors; factorial invariance; Posttraumatic stress disorder

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ARTICLE; CHILD; CHINA; DYSPHORIA; EARTHQUAKE; EMOTIONALITY; FACTORIAL ANALYSIS; FEMALE; GENDER; HUMAN; MALE; POSTTRAUMATIC STRESS DISORDER; SCHOOL CHILD; SURVIVOR; THEORETICAL MODEL;

ADOLESCENT; AROUSAL; CHILD; CHINA; DIAGNOSTIC AND STATISTICAL MANUAL OF MENTAL DISORDERS; EARTHQUAKES; FACTOR ANALYSIS, STATISTICAL; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MODELS, PSYCHOLOGICAL; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; SEX FACTORS; STRESS DISORDERS, POST-TRAUMATIC; SURVIVORS;

EID: 84873330557     PISSN: 00223018     EISSN: 1539736X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/NMD.0b013e31827f627d     Document Type: Article

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