Measurement invariance of the perceived stress scale and latent mean differences across gender and time

Stress and Health

Volumn 29, Issue 3, 2013, Pages 253-260

  Barbosa Leiker, Celestina ^a,b   Kostick, Marylynne ^c   Lei, Ming ^d   McPherson, Sterling ^a,b   Roper, Virginia ^e   Hoekstra, Trynke ^f,g   Wright, Bruce ^b  

^a WASHINGTON STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b WASHINGTON STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF ALASKA ANCHORAGE   (United States)

^d WASHINGTON STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^e SUNY UPSTATE MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^f UNIVERSITY OF AMSTERDAM   (Netherlands)

^g VU UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Measurement invariance; Perceived Stress Scale; Psychometric properties; Stress

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; FEMALE; GENDER; HUMAN; MALE; MEASUREMENT; NORMAL HUMAN; PERCEIVED STRESS SCALE; STRESS; TIME;

EID: 84881377660     PISSN: 15323005     EISSN: 15322998     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/smi.2463     Document Type: Article

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