An integrated approach for assessing reliability and validity: An application of structural equation modeling to the measurement of religiosity

Personality and Individual Differences

Volumn 29, Issue 5, 2000, Pages 971-979

  Adamson, G ^a   Shevlin, M ^a   Lloyd, N S V ^b   Lewis, Christopher Alan ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ULSTER   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WOLVERHAMPTON   (United Kingdom)

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EID: 0034311803     PISSN: 01918869     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0191-8869(99)00248-2     Document Type: Article

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