Psychometric properties of the life regard index-revised: A validation study of a measure of personal meaning

Psychological Reports

Volumn 89, Issue 3, 2001, Pages 759-773

  Harris, Alex H S ^a   Standard, Samuel ^b  

^a STANFORD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b NONE

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADAPTIVE BEHAVIOR; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CULTURAL FACTOR; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PERSONALITY TEST; PSYCHOMETRY; REPRODUCIBILITY; STATISTICS; UNITED STATES;

ADAPTATION, PSYCHOLOGICAL; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; CROSS-CULTURAL COMPARISON; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PERSONALITY INVENTORY; PSYCHOMETRICS; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; UNITED STATES;

EID: 0035755773     PISSN: 00332941     EISSN: 1558691X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2466/pr0.2001.89.3.759     Document Type: Article

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