Measurement of alienation among adolescents: construct validity of three scales on powerlessness, meaninglessness and social isolation

Measurement of alienation among adolescents: construct validity of three scales on powerlessness, meaninglessness and social isolation

Abstract Background Psychological alienation is an important concept in the study of adolescents’ health and behavior but no gold standard for measuring alienation among adolescents exists. There is a need for new scales with high validity for use in adolescent health and social research. The purpos...

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Main Authors: Signe Boe Rayce, Svend Kreiner, Mogens Trab Damsgaard, Tine Nielsen, Bjørn Evald Holstein
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: SpringerOpen 2018-03-01
Series:Journal of Patient-Reported Outcomes
Subjects:
Adolescents
Alienation
Construct validity
Item response theory
Meaninglessness
Powerlessness
Online Access:http://link.springer.com/article/10.1186/s41687-018-0040-y

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