Factor interpretations of the self-consciousness scale

Personality and Individual Differences

Volumn 24, Issue 5, 1998, Pages 635-640

  Chang, Lei ^a  

^a CHINESE UNIVERSITY OF HONG KONG   (Hong Kong)

Author keywords

Factor structure; Private self consciousness; Public self consciousness; Social anxiety; The self consciousness scale; Validity

Indexed keywords

EID: 0032060463     PISSN: 01918869     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/s0191-8869(97)00222-5     Document Type: Article

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