Assessing measurement invariance of the personal growth initiative scale-ii among hispanics, African Americans, and European Americans

Journal of Counseling Psychology

Volumn 62, Issue 3, 2015, Pages 537-544

  Shigemoto, Yuki ^a   Thoen, Megan A ^a   Robitschek, Christine ^a   Ashton, Matthew W ^a,b  

^a TEXAS TECH UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF KENTUCKY   (United States)

Author keywords

Ethnic minorities; Measurement; Personal growth initiative; Psychometrics

Indexed keywords

ADAPTIVE BEHAVIOR; ADULT; AFRICAN AMERICAN; CAUCASIAN; CULTURAL FACTOR; ETHNIC GROUP; ETHNOLOGY; FACTORIAL ANALYSIS; FEMALE; HISPANIC; HUMAN; MALE; PROCEDURES; PSYCHOLOGY; PSYCHOMETRY; UNITED STATES; YOUNG ADULT;

ADAPTATION, PSYCHOLOGICAL; ADULT; AFRICAN AMERICANS; CROSS-CULTURAL COMPARISON; ETHNIC GROUPS; EUROPEAN CONTINENTAL ANCESTRY GROUP; FACTOR ANALYSIS, STATISTICAL; FEMALE; HISPANIC AMERICANS; HUMANS; MALE; PSYCHOMETRICS; UNITED STATES; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84937073226     PISSN: 00220167     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1037/cou0000075     Document Type: Article

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