Measurement equivalence of the empowerment scale for white and black persons with severe mental illness

Psychiatric Rehabilitation Journal

Volumn 37, Issue 4, 2014, Pages 277-283

  Morris, Scott B ^a   Huang, Jialin ^a   Zhao, Lei ^b   Sergent, Jessica D ^a   Neuhengen, Jonas ^a  

^a ILLINOIS INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

^b LOYOLA UNIVERSITY CHICAGO   (United States)

Author keywords

empowerment; ethnic group differences; measurement equivalence; measurement invariance; severe mental illness

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AFRICAN AMERICAN; BEHAVIOR; CAUCASIAN; CULTURAL FACTOR; FACTORIAL ANALYSIS; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; MENTAL DISORDERS; MENTAL HEALTH SERVICE; PATIENT PARTICIPATION; PSYCHOLOGY; PSYCHOMETRY; QUESTIONNAIRE; SELF CONCEPT; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA; UNITED STATES; YOUNG ADULT;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AFRICAN AMERICANS; CROSS-CULTURAL COMPARISON; EUROPEAN CONTINENTAL ANCESTRY GROUP; FACTOR ANALYSIS, STATISTICAL; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MENTAL DISORDERS; MENTAL HEALTH SERVICES; PATIENT PARTICIPATION; POWER (PSYCHOLOGY); PSYCHOMETRICS; SELF CONCEPT; SURVEYS AND QUESTIONNAIRES; UNITED STATES; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84925635384     PISSN: 1095158X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1037/prj0000069     Document Type: Article

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