Research tools for evaluating the effects of a vocational horticulture program on the self-development of female inmates

HortTechnology

Volumn 7, Issue 3, 1997, Pages 305-308

  Migura, Melanie M ^a   Zajicek, J M ^a  

^a TEXAS A AND M UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Internal external control of reinforcement scale; Multidimensional IE scale; Prison locus of control scale; Satisfaction with life scale; Self esteem scale

Indexed keywords

EID: 0030669308     PISSN: 10630198     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.21273/horttech.7.3.305     Document Type: Article

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