Analyzing Data from Experimental Studies: A Latent Variable Structural Equation Modeling Approach

Journal of Counseling Psychology

Volumn 45, Issue 1, 1998, Pages 18-29

  Russell, Daniel W ^a   Kahn, Jeffrey H ^b   Spoth, Richard ^b   Altmaier, Elizabeth M ^b  

^a IOWA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b NONE

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EID: 0001859710     PISSN: 00220167     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1037/0022-0167.45.1.18     Document Type: Article

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