Competing factor structures of the Rosenberg Self-Esteem Scale (RSES) and its measurement invariance across clinical and non-clinical samples

Personality and Individual Differences

Volumn 113, Issue , 2017, Pages 13-19

  Salerno, Laura ^a   Ingoglia, Sonia ^a   Lo Coco, Gianluca ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PALERMO   (Italy)

Author keywords

Bifactor structure; Confirmatory factor analysis (CFA); Eating behaviors; Measurement invariance; Rosenberg Self Esteem Scale (RSES)

Indexed keywords

CONFIRMATORY FACTOR ANALYSIS; DISEASE MODEL; FEEDING BEHAVIOR; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; RELIABILITY; ROSENBERG SELF-ESTEEM SCALE;

EID: 85014753578     PISSN: 01918869     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.paid.2017.02.063     Document Type: Article

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