Psychometric properties of scores on the preliminary Amharic version of the state-trait anxiety inventory in Ethiopia

Educational and Psychological Measurement

Volumn 62, Issue 1, 2002, Pages 130-146

  Mulatu, Mesfin Samuel ^a  

^a NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF MENTAL HEALTH   (United States)

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EID: 0036109487     PISSN: 00131644     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0013164402062001009     Document Type: Article

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