Depression Anxiety Stress Scales-21: Measurement and Structural Invariance Across Ratings of Men and Women

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Volumn 21, Issue 4, 2014, Pages 418-426

  Gomez, Rapson ^a   Summers, Mathew ^b   Summers, Avril ^b   Wolf, Anna ^b   Summers, Jeff ^b,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BALLARAT   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TASMANIA   (Australia)

^c LIVERPOOL JOHN MOORES UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Depression Anxiety Stress Scales 21; measurement invariance; men versus women; MIMIC; structural invariance

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE; AGED; ANXIETY; DEPRESSION; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PHYSIOLOGICAL STRESS; PSYCHOLOGIC TEST; PSYCHOLOGY; SEX DIFFERENCE; VERY ELDERLY;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE FACTORS; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ANXIETY; DEPRESSION; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PSYCHOLOGICAL TESTS; SEX FACTORS; STRESS, PHYSIOLOGICAL;

EID: 84911976287     PISSN: 10731911     EISSN: 15523489     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/1073191113514106     Document Type: Article

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