Physical self description questionnaire: Stability and discriminant validity

Research Quarterly for Exercise and Sport

Volumn 67, Issue 3, 1996, Pages 249-264

  Marsh, Herbert W ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN SYDNEY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Confirmatory factor analysis; Long term stability; Multitrait multimethod analysis; Physical self concept

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ARTICLE; ENDURANCE; FACTORIAL ANALYSIS; FITNESS; HUMAN; QUESTIONNAIRE; REPRODUCIBILITY; SELF CONCEPT; STATISTICAL MODEL;

ADOLESCENT; FACTOR ANALYSIS, STATISTICAL; HUMANS; MODELS, STATISTICAL; PHYSICAL ENDURANCE; PHYSICAL FITNESS; QUESTIONNAIRES; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; SELF CONCEPT;

EID: 0030227673     PISSN: 02701367     EISSN: 21683824     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/02701367.1996.10607952     Document Type: Article

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