Equivalence of paper and computer formats of a child self-report mental health measure

European Journal of Psychological Assessment

Volumn 31, Issue 1, 2015, Pages 54-61

  Patalay, Praveetha ^a,b   Deighton, Jessica ^a   Fonagy, Peter ^b   Wolpert, Miranda ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Children; Computer survey; DDIF; Mental health; Psychometric equivalence

Indexed keywords

EID: 84903180784     PISSN: 10155759     EISSN: 21512426     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1027/1015-5759/a000206     Document Type: Article

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