Evaluating the wording effect and psychometric properties of the kid-kindl: Using the multitrait-multimethod approach

European Journal of Psychological Assessment

Volumn 30, Issue 2, 2014, Pages 100-109

  Lin, Chung Ying ^a   Luh, Wei Ming ^b   Cheng, Chung Ping ^b   Yang, Ai Lun ^c   Ma, Hui Ing ^a  

^a NATIONAL CHENG KUNG UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

^b NATIONAL CHENG KUNG UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

^c UNIVERSITY OF TAIPEI   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

Children; Confirmatory factor analysis; Psychometric properties; Quality of life; Wording effect

Indexed keywords

EID: 84898482876     PISSN: 10155759     EISSN: 21512426     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1027/1015-5759/a000175     Document Type: Article

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