Mail surveys among college students: Do initial responders score differently from nonresponders on the 16PF?

Psychological Reports

Volumn 86, Issue 3 PART 1, 2000, Pages 901-908

  Johnson, John Sikes ^b   Mowrer, Robert R ^a  

^a ANGELO STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b NONE

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CONTROL; COOPERATION; FEMALE; HUMAN; INFORMATION PROCESSING; MALE; PERSONALITY TEST; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; PSYCHOMETRY; STATISTICS; STUDENT;

ADULT; COOPERATIVE BEHAVIOR; DATA COLLECTION; FEMALE; HUMANS; INTERNAL-EXTERNAL CONTROL; MALE; PERSONALITY INVENTORY; PSYCHOMETRICS; STUDENTS;

EID: 0034201245     PISSN: 00332941     EISSN: 1558691X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2466/pr0.2000.86.3.901     Document Type: Review

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