Harter's Self-Perception Profile for Adolescents: Reliability, Validity, and Evaluation of the Question Format

Journal of Personality Assessment

Volumn 65, Issue 1, 1995, Pages 100-116

  Wichstr⊘m, Lars ^a  

^a Centre for Youth Research ^*  (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; BODY IMAGE; CHILD PSYCHOLOGY; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; HUMAN; LONELINESS; NORWAY; PSYCHOMETRY; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; REPRODUCIBILITY; SELF CONCEPT; SELF EVALUATION; SOCIAL DESIRABILITY; SPORT;

ADOLESCENT; ADOLESCENT PSYCHOLOGY; ADULT; BODY IMAGE; HUMANS; LONELINESS; NORWAY; PSYCHOMETRICS; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; SELF ASSESSMENT (PSYCHOLOGY); SELF CONCEPT; SOCIAL DESIRABILITY; SPORTS;

EID: 0029353336     PISSN: 00223891     EISSN: 15327752     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1207/s15327752jpa6501_8     Document Type: Article

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