Is the social physique anxiety scale really multidimensional? Conceptual and statistical arguments for a unidimensional model

Journal of Sport and Exercise Psychology

Volumn 19, Issue 4, 1997, Pages 359-367

  Martin, Kathleen A ^a   Rejeski, W Jack ^a   Leary, Mark R ^a   McAuley, Edward ^b   Bane, Susan ^b  

^a WAKE FOREST UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS AT URBANA CHAMPAIGN   (United States)

Author keywords

Psychometrics; Scale development

Indexed keywords

EID: 0031283895     PISSN: 08952779     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1123/jsep.19.4.359     Document Type: Article

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