Rasch analysis of measurement instruments capturing psychological personal factors in persons with spinal cord injury

Journal of Rehabilitation Medicine

Volumn 48, Issue 2, 2016, Pages 175-188

  Peter, Claudio ^a,b   Schulenberg, Stefan E ^c   Buchanan, Erin M ^d   Prodinger, Birgit ^a,b   Geyh, Szilvia ^a,b  

^a SWISS PARAPLEGIC RESEARCH   (Switzerland)

^b UNIVERSITY OF LUCERNE   (Switzerland)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MISSISSIPPI   (United States)

^d MISSOURI STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Affect; Personality; Psychological factors; Psychometrics; Reliability; Spinal cord injury; Validity

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; COHORT ANALYSIS; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; CULTURAL ANTHROPOLOGY; DIMENSIONAL MEASUREMENT ACCURACY; EMOTION; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MOTIVATION; PATIENT SATISFACTION; PSYCHOLOGY; PSYCHOMETRY; QUALITY OF LIFE; QUESTIONNAIRE; REPRODUCIBILITY; SPINAL CORD INJURY;

ADULT; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; COHORT STUDIES; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; CULTURE; DIMENSIONAL MEASUREMENT ACCURACY; EMOTIONS; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MOTIVATION; PATIENT SATISFACTION; PSYCHOMETRICS; QUALITY OF LIFE; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; SPINAL CORD INJURIES; SURVEYS AND QUESTIONNAIRES;

EID: 84959357757     PISSN: 16501977     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2340/16501977-2028     Document Type: Article

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