Measurement Invariance of the Day Reconstruction Method: Results from the COURAGE in Europe Project

Journal of Happiness Studies

Volumn 17, Issue 5, 2016, Pages 1769-1787

  Mellor Marsá, Blanca ^a,b,c   Miret, Marta ^a,b,c   Abad, Francisco J ^a   Chatterji, Somnath ^d   Olaya, Beatriz ^b,e   Tobiasz Adamczyk, Beata ^f   Koskinen, Seppo ^g   Leonardi, Matilde ^h   Haro, Josep Maria ^b,e   Ayuso Mateos, José Luis ^a,b,c   Caballero, Francisco Félix ^a,b,c  

^a UNIVERSIDAD AUTÓNOMA DE MADRID   (Spain)

^b CENTRO DE INVESTIGACIÓN BIOMÉDICA EN RED DE SALUD MENTAL CIBERSAM   (Spain)

^c HOSPITAL UNIVERSITARIO DE LA PRINCESA   (Spain)

^d WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION   (Switzerland)

^e UNIVERSITY OF BARCELONA   (Spain)

^f JAGIELLONIAN UNIVERSITY MEDICAL COLLEGE   (Poland)

^g NATIONAL PUBLIC HEALTH INSTITUTE   (Finland)

^h DEPARTMENT OF NEUROSURGERY   (Italy)

Author keywords

Day Reconstruction Method; Measurement invariance; Multiple group confirmatory factor analysis; Subjective well being

Indexed keywords

EID: 84939419968     PISSN: 13894978     EISSN: 15737780     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10902-015-9669-x     Document Type: Article

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