Factor Structure and Longitudinal Measurement Invariance of the Demand Control Support Model: An Evidence from the Swedish Longitudinal Occupational Survey of Health (SLOSH)

PLoS ONE

Volumn 8, Issue 8, 2013, Pages

  Chungkham, Holendro Singh ^a   Ingre, Michael ^a   Karasek, Robert ^b   Westerlund, Hugo ^a   Theorell, Töres ^a  

^a STOCKHOLM UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MASSACHUSETTS LOWELL   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANALYTICAL ERROR; ANALYTICAL PARAMETERS; ARTICLE; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; DECISION MAKING; DEMAND CONTROL SUPPORT QUESTIONNAIRE; FACTORIAL ANALYSIS; HEALTH SURVEY; LONGITUDINAL STUDY; MATHEMATICAL MODEL; MEASUREMENT; OCCUPATIONAL HEALTH; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; QUESTIONNAIRE; RELIABILITY; SKILL; SOCIAL SUPPORT; STATISTICAL MODEL; STRUCTURE ANALYSIS; VALIDATION STUDY;

FACTOR ANALYSIS, STATISTICAL; HEALTH SURVEYS; HUMANS; LONGITUDINAL STUDIES; MODELS, THEORETICAL; OCCUPATIONAL HEALTH; QUESTIONNAIRES; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; SWEDEN;

EID: 84881497051     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19326203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0070541     Document Type: Article

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