The posttraumatic growth inventory: Factor structure and invariance among persons with chronic diseases

Rehabilitation Psychology

Volumn 59, Issue 1, 2014, Pages 10-18

  Purc Stephenson, R J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ALBERTA   (Canada)

Author keywords

Chronic illness; Confirmatory factor analysis; Measurement invariance; Posttraumatic growth; Psychometric evaluation

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTHRITIS; ARTICLE; BEHAVIOR CHANGE; CHRONIC DISEASE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONFIRMATORY FACTOR ANALYSIS; FACTOR STRUCTURE; FACTORIAL INVARIANCE; FEMALE; GROWTH; HUMAN; INFLAMMATORY BOWEL DISEASE; LATENT MEAN INVARIANCE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEASUREMENT INVARIANCE; PERSONAL EXPERIENCE; POSTTRAUMATIC GROWTH; POSTTRAUMATIC GROWTH INVENTORY; PSYCHOLOGIC ASSESSMENT; PSYCHOMETRY; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; STATISTICAL CONCEPTS; ADAPTIVE BEHAVIOR; ADOLESCENT; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; FACTORIAL ANALYSIS; LIFE EVENT; MIDDLE AGED; PHYSIOLOGY; PSYCHOLOGY; YOUNG ADULT;

ADAPTATION, PSYCHOLOGICAL; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTHRITIS; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; CHRONIC DISEASE; FACTOR ANALYSIS, STATISTICAL; FEMALE; HUMANS; INFLAMMATORY BOWEL DISEASES; LIFE CHANGE EVENTS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PSYCHOMETRICS; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84895925277     PISSN: 00905550     EISSN: 19391544     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1037/a0035353     Document Type: Article

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