Resolving Dimensionality Problems With WHOQOL-BREF Item Responses

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Volumn 25, Issue 8, 2018, Pages 1014-1025

  Perera, Harsha N ^a   Izadikhah, Zahra ^b   O’Connor, Peter ^c   McIlveen, Peter ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEVADA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN QUEENSLAND   (Australia)

^c QUEENSLAND UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Australia)

Author keywords

bifactor models; dimensionality; ESEM; QOL

Indexed keywords

AGE; FACTOR ANALYSIS; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PSYCHOMETRY; QUALITY OF LIFE; QUESTIONNAIRE; SEX FACTOR;

AGE FACTORS; FACTOR ANALYSIS, STATISTICAL; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PSYCHOMETRICS; QUALITY OF LIFE; SEX FACTORS; SURVEYS AND QUESTIONNAIRES;

EID: 85047905702     PISSN: 10731911     EISSN: 15523489     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/1073191116678925     Document Type: Article

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