Confirmatory Factor Analysis of the Patient Version of the Working Alliance Inventory–Short Form Revised

Assessment

Volumn 22, Issue 5, 2015, Pages 581-593

  Falkenström, Fredrik ^a,b   Hatcher, Robert L ^c   Holmqvist, Rolf ^a  

^a LINKÖPING UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

^b UPPSALA UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

^c CITY UNIVERSITY OF NEW YORK   (United States)

Author keywords

Bayesian structural equations modeling; confirmatory factor analysis; measurement invariance; Working Alliance Inventory

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; BAYES THEOREM; DOCTOR PATIENT RELATION; FACTORIAL ANALYSIS; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PATIENT; PSYCHOLOGY; PSYCHOMETRY; PSYCHOTHERAPY; STANDARDS; VERY ELDERLY; YOUNG ADULT;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; BAYES THEOREM; FACTOR ANALYSIS, STATISTICAL; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PATIENTS; PHYSICIAN-PATIENT RELATIONS; PSYCHOMETRICS; PSYCHOTHERAPY; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84940940124     PISSN: 10731911     EISSN: 15523489     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/1073191114552472     Document Type: Article

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