Validity issues with the family environment scale: Psychometric resolution and research application with alcoholic families

Psychological Assessment

Volumn 11, Issue 3, 1999, Pages 315-325

  Sanford, Keith ^b   Bingham, C Raymond ^a   Zucker, Robert A ^c  

^a VETERANS AFFAIRS MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b MICHIGAN STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c NONE

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALCOHOLISM; ARTICLE; CLINICAL RESEARCH; FAMILY STUDY; FEMALE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PSYCHOLOGIC ASSESSMENT; PSYCHOMETRY; RATING SCALE; VALIDATION PROCESS;

EID: 0032862149     PISSN: 10403590     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1037/1040-3590.11.3.315     Document Type: Article

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