Internal consistency reliability and validity of the Hebrew translation of the Oxford happiness inventory

Psychological Reports

Volumn 87, Issue 1, 2000, Pages 193-196

  Francis, Leslie J ^a   Katz, Yaacov J ^b  

^a BANGOR UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^b Normal Site ^*

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CULTURAL FACTOR; EXTRAVERSION; FEMALE; HAPPINESS; HUMAN; ISRAEL; MALE; PERSONALITY TEST; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; PSYCHOMETRY; REPRODUCIBILITY; STATISTICS; STUDENT;

ADULT; CROSS-CULTURAL COMPARISON; EXTRAVERSION (PSYCHOLOGY); FEMALE; HAPPINESS; HUMANS; ISRAEL; MALE; PERSONALITY INVENTORY; PSYCHOMETRICS; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; STUDENTS;

EID: 0034243316     PISSN: 00332941     EISSN: 1558691X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2466/pr0.2000.87.1.193     Document Type: Article

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