The reliability and validity of scores from the children's version of the perception of success questionnaire

Educational and Psychological Measurement

Volumn 59, Issue 4, 1999, Pages 651-664

  Liukkonen, Jarmo ^a,b   Leskinen, Esko ^c  

^a LIKES RESEARCH CENTER FOR SPORT AND HEALTH SCIENCES   (Finland)

^b UNIVERSITY OF JYVÄSKYLÄ   (Finland)

^c NONE

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EID: 0033425363     PISSN: 00131644     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/00131649921970080     Document Type: Article

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