The dominance scale: Preliminary psychometric properties

Violence and Victims

Volumn 11, Issue 3, 1996, Pages 199-211

  Hamby, Sherry L ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEW HAMPSHIRE   (United States)

^b San Carlos Apache Tribe Wellness Center   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; ASSAULT; AUTHORITY; BEHAVIOR; DECISION MAKING; PSYCHOMETRY; RATING SCALE; RISK ASSESSMENT; SOCIAL DESIRABILITY; SOCIAL PSYCHOLOGY; THEORY;

EID: 0030425715     PISSN: 08866708     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1891/0886-6708.11.3.199     Document Type: Article

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