Is the self-handicapping scale reliable in non-academic achievement domains?

Personality and Individual Differences

Volumn 27, Issue 5, 1999, Pages 901-911

  Martin, Kathleen A ^a   Brawley, Lawrence R ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WATERLOO   (Canada)

Author keywords

Achievement; Psychometrics; Scale development; Self handicapping; Test reliability

Indexed keywords

EID: 0033228002     PISSN: 01918869     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0191-8869(99)00039-2     Document Type: Article

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