The personality inventory for youth: Validity and comparability of english and spanish versions for regular education and juvenile justice samples

Journal of Personality Assessment

Volumn 76, Issue 2, 2001, Pages 250-263

  Negy, Charles ^b   Lachar, David ^c   Gruber, Christian P ^a   Garza, Neil D ^c  

^a Western Psychological Services   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CENTRAL FLORIDA   (United States)

^c NONE

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CULTURAL FACTOR; EDUCATION; ETHNIC GROUP; HUMAN; JUSTICE; PERSONALITY TEST; RATING SCALE; SAMPLING; SCORING SYSTEM; VALIDATION PROCESS;

EID: 0035016398     PISSN: 00223891     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1207/S15327752JPA7602_08     Document Type: Article

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