The multigroup ethnic identity measure-revised: Measurement invariance across racial and ethnic groups

Journal of Counseling Psychology

Volumn 61, Issue 1, 2014, Pages 154-161

  Brown, Susan D ^a   Unger Hu, Kirsten A ^a   Mevi, Ashley A ^a   Hedderson, Monique M ^a   Shan, Jun ^a   Quesenberry, Charles P ^a   Ferrara, Assiamira ^a  

^a DIVISION OF RESEARCH   (United States)

Author keywords

Ethnic identity; Measurement; Multigroup Ethnic Identity Measure Revised (MEIM R); Psychometric

Indexed keywords

AFRICAN AMERICAN; ARTICLE; ASIAN AMERICAN; CAUCASIAN; ETHNIC GROUP; ETHNOLOGY; FEMALE; HISPANIC; HUMAN; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY DIABETES MELLITUS; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; PSYCHOMETRY; QUESTIONNAIRE; REPRODUCIBILITY; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR; STATISTICS; VALIDATION STUDY;

AFRICAN AMERICANS; ASIAN AMERICANS; DIABETES, GESTATIONAL; ETHNIC GROUPS; EUROPEAN CONTINENTAL ANCESTRY GROUP; FEMALE; HISPANIC AMERICANS; HUMANS; PREGNANCY; PSYCHOMETRICS; QUESTIONNAIRES; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; SOCIAL IDENTIFICATION;

EID: 84892862399     PISSN: 00220167     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1037/a0034749     Document Type: Article

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