Confirmatory factor analysis of the general self-efficacy scale

Behaviour Research and Therapy

Volumn 36, Issue 3, 1998, Pages 339-343

  Bosscher, Rudolf J ^a   Smit, Johannes H ^a  

^a VU UNIVERSITY AMSTERDAM   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Elderly; Self efficacy

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; FACTORIAL ANALYSIS; FEMALE; GERONTOPSYCHIATRY; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; MALE; NETHERLANDS; NORMAL HUMAN; RATING SCALE; WELLBEING;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; AGING; COHORT STUDIES; FACTOR ANALYSIS, STATISTICAL; FEMALE; HUMANS; LONGITUDINAL STUDIES; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PERSONALITY ASSESSMENT; PSYCHOMETRICS; SELF CONCEPT;

EID: 0031803888     PISSN: 00057967     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0005-7967(98)00025-4     Document Type: Article

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