Psychiatry Research
Volume 135, Issue 3 , Pages 237-247 , 30 June 2005

Empirical evidence for an invariant three-factor structure of the Parental Bonding Instrument in six European countries

  • Dirk Heider

      Affiliations

    • Department of Psychiatry, University of Leipzig, Johannisallee 20, D-04317 Leipzig, Germany
    • Corresponding Author InformationCorresponding author. Tel.: +49 341 9724 566; fax: +49 341 9724 539.
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  • Herbert Matschinger

      Affiliations

    • Department of Psychiatry, University of Leipzig, Johannisallee 20, D-04317 Leipzig, Germany
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  • Sebastian Bernert

      Affiliations

    • Department of Psychiatry, University of Leipzig, Johannisallee 20, D-04317 Leipzig, Germany
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  • Gemma Vilagut

      Affiliations

    • Health Services Research Unit, Institut Municipal d'Investigacio Medica (IMIM-IMAS), Barcelona, Spain
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  • Montserrat Martínez-Alonso

      Affiliations

    • Health Services Research Unit, Institut Municipal d'Investigacio Medica (IMIM-IMAS), Barcelona, Spain
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  • Sandra Dietrich

      Affiliations

    • Department of Psychiatry, University of Leipzig, Johannisallee 20, D-04317 Leipzig, Germany
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  • Matthias C. Angermeyer

      Affiliations

    • Department of Psychiatry, University of Leipzig, Johannisallee 20, D-04317 Leipzig, Germany
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  • the ESEMeD/MHEDEA 2000 investigators

      Affiliations

    • The European Study of the Epidemiology of Mental Disorders (ESEMeD/MHEDEA 2000) investigators are Jordi Alonso, Matthias Angermeyer, Sebastian Bernert, Ronny Bruffaerts, Traolach S. Brugha, Giovanni de Girolamo, Ron de Graaf, Koen Demyttenaere, Isabelle Gasquet, Josep Maria Haro, Steven J. Katz, Ronald C. Kessler, Viviane Kovess, Jean Pierre Lépine, Johan Ormel, Gabriella Polidori, and Gemma Vilagut. Additional project investigators are Josué Almansa, Saena Arbabzadeh-Bouchez, Jaume Autonell, Mariola Bernal, Martine A. Buist-Bouwman, Miquel Codony, Antònia Domingo-Salvany, Montserrat Ferrer, Sam S. Joo, Montserrat Martínez-Alonso, Fausto Mazzi, Zoe Morgan, Pierluigi Morosini, Concepció Palacín, Albert Sánchez, Nick Taub, and Wilma A.M. Vollebergh.

Received 11 November 2004 ,Revised 13 April 2005 ,Accepted 5 May 2005.

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PII: S0165-1781(05)00135-6

doi: 10.1016/j.psychres.2005.05.002

Psychiatry Research
Volume 135, Issue 3 , Pages 237-247 , 30 June 2005

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