Response Biases and Their Relation to Sex Differences in Multiple Domains of Self-Concept

Applied Measurement in Education

Volumn 13, Issue 1, 2000, Pages 79-97

  Vispoel, Walter P ^b   Forte Fast, Ellen E ^a  

^a Connecticut State Dept of Education ^*  (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF IOWA   (United States)

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EID: 0034387834     PISSN: 08957347     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1207/s15324818ame1301_4     Document Type: Article

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