Reliability and validity of the Youth Asset Survey (YAS)

Journal of Adolescent Health

Volumn 31, Issue 3, 2002, Pages 247-255

  Oman, Roy F ^a   Vesely, Sara K ^a   Mcleroy, Kenneth R ^c   Harris Wyatt, Vicki ^a   Aspy, Cheryl B ^b   Rodine, Sharon ^d   Marshall, Ladonna ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OKLAHOMA HEALTH SCIENCES CENTER   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF OKLAHOMA COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^c TEXAS A AND M HEALTH SCIENCE CENTER   (United States)

^d Oklahoma Institute for Child Advocacy   (United States)

Author keywords

Adolescent risk behaviors; Ethnic differences; Factor analysis; Gender differences; Youth assets; Youth development

Indexed keywords

ACCURACY; ADOLESCENT; ARTICLE; COMMUNITY; CONTROLLED STUDY; CULTURAL ANTHROPOLOGY; ETHNIC DIFFERENCE; EXERCISE; FACTORIAL ANALYSIS; FAMILY; FEMALE; HUMAN; INSTRUMENTATION; INTERPERSONAL COMMUNICATION; INTERVIEW; MALE; NUTRITION; PARENT COUNSELING; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PSYCHOMETRY; RACE DIFFERENCE; RELIABILITY; RELIGION; SEX DIFFERENCE; SPORT; VALIDATION PROCESS;

ADOLESCENT; ADOLESCENT BEHAVIOR; DEMOGRAPHY; FACTOR ANALYSIS, STATISTICAL; FEMALE; HUMANS; INTERNAL-EXTERNAL CONTROL; INTERVIEW, PSYCHOLOGICAL; INTERVIEWS; MALE; PSYCHOMETRICS; QUESTIONNAIRES; RISK-TAKING;

EID: 0036754587     PISSN: 1054139X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S1054-139X(02)00363-4     Document Type: Article

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