Taking the strain out of negative affectivity: Development and initial validation of scores on a strain-free measure of negative affectivity

Educational and Psychological Measurement

Volumn 59, Issue 1, 1999, Pages 77-97

  Fortunato, Vincent J ^a,b   Stone Romero, Eugene F ^a,c  

^a STATE UNIVERSITY OF NEW YORK   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN MISSISSIPPI   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CENTRAL FLORIDA   (United States)

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EID: 0033249388     PISSN: 00131644     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0013164499591006     Document Type: Article

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